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Show INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WAKE Mystery Surrounds Explosion ol Sewer Gas at Goldfleld. (oldfleld, Nov. The coronor's Jury sitting upon the remains or James F Wake, the colored man killed In the Nixon block, was unable to determine definitely whether death resulted from the explosion of sewer gas from the bnsement closet, or from tiro. The weight of the evidence favored the latter theory. There Is no reason to believe Wake either aimed nt suicide or Intended to blow up tho block. Tho basement was dork and ho lighted a match to get his hearings, being killed cither by the explosion of tho escaping escap-ing gns or rendered helpless tnereby and then burned to death. |