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Show LODGER DIES OF ASPHYXIATION Ante I mo Reyes. Mexican Miner. Found Dead in Le Von Hotel. Anwlaio Reyes. 29 years nf ae, a Mexican miner, waa aphyxiatel In his room at tha Lei Vons, hotel laat night when a small gas stove flams became extinguished. Reyes rented a room at the hitl snA, retired at :3n p. m4 according to tbe proprtets.r At 7 o'clock this morning th proprietor attfmpte1 j., call hint, as h hail left ' InHmctioris to be arountd euriy. t W hen repented krtork at the door fulled to elicit a rewponoe. and the ilior waa found to b lurked, Tatrul-tnan Tatrul-tnan Thomas Klinpiwn. who Is sta-t:onsd sta-t:onsd at the Oregon Mhort Ltne depot closn by. waa summoned, ftimpson could not force tabs Ar and hs mads his entrancs through the window. In spite of choking fumes of gas, he unlocked un-locked the door and dragged the body of the miner to the air, Th man had evidently been dead for several hours. He had lit otm flame of the gas stove and had fallen asleep In bed without extinguishing it, according to the evidences discovered discov-ered by the officer. Ths flame had become extinguished bv ths draft and ths room had quirk filled with gas. as there was no ventilation. Them was no evidence of suicide, according to the police, as no attempt had been made to rloas tha keyhole or cracks In order to keep In the gas The body was taken to ths O'DonnWI undertaking parlors. |