Show f I J 11 If 11 rtlt t sire FOUR LITTLE VICTIMS 01 qr 0 r Result of a Mother Leaving h Home for a Tme o r Nlirloekril 111 the llouf sort St ann e In Inalilr In lirii II tthrn I Shr Ilr a nrneilll the lime Ilir linn t tire Inrrrilltir UimMrllr f liiitu n j rrnel Unit ale llralh s o n Chicago Dec afour children t locked In a house at No iir Ill I third street were smothered to death during a fire In a pile ol clothing In a room where they were all placing today Mil Mary Ilirlh the mother left the home at 1030 oclock to gd to the Chicago Chi-cago Milwaukee X ht Paul railway yards to pick coal locking the door behind be-hind her The children Joseph 6 y ears Itottc 4 yeari John i year and Iouli I year old were playing In the dining room During the abcnce of the mother they mane R llo secures box of matcher and ft Is I supposed i Ignited l the clothing I accidentally In their play The cur taint over the only window In the room were burned and the easements were scorched The distracted mother returned re-turned two hours later to find the house filled with look The heap of burned clothing was itlll imoulderlng and the bodies ul the little odes were lying I on the floor An empty bucket wan nearby near-by Indicating that an attempt had hen made to extinguish the blue Unable to open doors or windows and having exhausted the supply ol water In the house the four children were overcome In the dense smoke that filled the whole home and were dead before anlitancc came John Ilirththe father It a team ter and had left home to attend to hit duties early this morning |