Boyhood CompaniODS (lie Vietims ol. 

 lilumiiiatiBg Gas. , • 1 



(fjJeorgc \V. ftoso siiirt Albert E. 

 Miilcr Aispli.yxinR'd iii Uie 

 Iiaftcr*^; Kooiii. 



The AVashington Times of Mon- 

 day contains the following particu- 

 lars of the death of George Rose 

 and Albeit" Miller: 



Locked in each others a'nis, George W. 

 Rose and Albert Miller, who hud passed 

 j their boyhood together ia I.itjerty, ind., 

 iwere found dead in bed In a second story 

 back room in the boarding house of Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Fauncc, (i2o Fifth Stieet, north- 

 west, about ]1:;J0 o'clock yesterday morn- 

 ing. The room was fllled with, gas, and 

 every indication pointed to their deaths 

 having been caused by accidental asphyxi- 

 ation. Miller had been rooming In the 

 house for about a month, and wa.s gener- 

 ally loolced upon as steaoy and reliable 



Saturday night Mr.<i. Faunco lighted a 

 gas stove in his room to have tlie apartment 

 warm when he should return, but as he was 

 not in by 1:30 o'clock in the morning, she 

 concluded that lie would remain out all 

 night, and ciuiing oir the supply of gas, al- 

 lowed the stove to cool. She had hardly re- 

 turned to her room when she heard Miller 

 enter tlie house and go direct to his room, 

 lie was conversing with some one at the 

 time, and she concluded thathe had brought 

 some one home with him. She thought 

 nothing further regarding the matter until 

 shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday morning, 

 when she detected a strong orior of gas In 

 the ujipor part of the house, and traced it to 

 Uie room occupied by MiUiT. 



Mrs. I'aunce becunuv aliirmtd and ep- 

 deavorod to, enter the room, but;, th^ dooj^ 

 ■wiia lr.clird;.aIifl',shP"L;..T lo' r-alt' n COIofod '. 



sist I, or ill forcing an entrance into fJiii 



' several ininulps before the room was suf- 

 : (iciently cleared of i-lie cs. aping ^'astoiwr- 

 ' niitof iier entering. Wlien she illil so she 

 saw at a. glance that tbo'two men were be- 

 yond all human aid. Tlicy were lying on i 

 the bed locked in eacii other's arms. Klie j 

 ioimedhitely hotilled IhQ police, and I'olice- \ 

 nuin (;oghill was sent from tlic Sixth pii- | 

 c'.nct station-house to make aTi Invi'Slixa- j 

 lion, and take charge of the bodies until the I 

 arri\>al (it e'oroner iNevitt, who in the mean- 

 n4me had been notified. 



Mrs. Fuunce told the Coroner that she 

 , found the gas jet in the room Uirjird about 

 half on, while a full Ueaa tt'f gas w'aK i-W;ip- 

 Ing from thcstow. 



From Mrs. Faunce it was learned t.h«t 

 Miller was employed at the Lostkani Cafe, 

 and Thomas II. JIarshall, the proprietor, 

 was communicated with. After t'oroner 

 Nevitt had issued a certificate of accidental 

 death, Mr. Marshall directed that the re- 

 mains of both men should be taken cliargo 

 of and removed to the undertaking estab- 

 lishment of .loscph Gawler, 1734 I'ennsyl- 

 vnnla Avenue northwest, until their, rela- 



I lives should he hoard from, II.' iii~o icli- 

 llflitphed lo 'J'heodni'u Mlllei', llii' tuther of 

 I his former employe, at Lilicrly, 1ml. 

 ! Meanwhile Or, Josopii N. Itose, wli.i is 

 I lie assistant botanist at the ^■ationai .Mu- 

 seum, was waiting patlendy at his home, 

 IHS^i Third .Street, I,e Droit I'ark, for the le- 

 tiirii of his broiher, wlio Ilie evening brfoir 

 had told him that he had met an old friend 

 and would probably spend the niglit witli 

 him, but that he would be back to his brotli- 

 er s house early Sunday morning. Nothing 

 was heard frojn lilin ail'day long and It was 

 not until about dusk that he was surprised 

 by the receipt of a telegram from liis mother 

 Mrs. llebecca Hose, at Ijiberty, stating that a 

 message had been received there that tJeorge 

 had been asphyxiated and that she wished ' 

 to know if it was true. 



'When Dr. Rose called at Gawler's under- 

 taking rooms he identified his brother's 

 body and stated that he had been visiting 

 him at his home and that he arrived in the 

 city about a week ago. His brother Ueorge 

 he said, was a well-to-do farmer, who had 

 never married, thirty-eight years old, and 

 that he had started out on his present tri p 

 I in search of both pleasure and i-ecreatiou. 

 He had planned to leave Washington this 

 evening for Old Point Comfort and from 

 there he Intended to continue bis trip to 

 Savannah and probably to some Florida 

 point. His clothing, which was of the fin- 

 est texture, gave evidence to his being a 

 man of means, while the other possessions 

 which were found in his clothes showed 

 him to be an educated man of taste. He had 

 a handsome gold watch and chain, with a 

 charm set in diamonds, a magnificent soli- 

 taire diamond ring, and a pockctbook COB- 

 InlnlngaWO bin and n draft drawn on the 

 Western National Bank of New York for 

 9109 by the Citizens' Bank of Liberty, Ind., 

 and payable to Heorge W. Rose. The draft 

 was signed by NVllliara I'. Kennedy as cash- 

 ier of llie Liberty bank, but had not been 

 endorsed l>jf-Jl'»sRj>se. It was dated .Janu- 

 ary 10, IDM. -and uumbered 24295. There 

 were aUo two l]lank checks in tbe pnekot 

 booli on the same baok. 



Miller, who wa^ a single man. has been em- 

 pHyod at the LoseKam aa a wai'.er for nearly 

 two years. Fjiet summer during ihe dull i 

 season nc took a trip to Europe and visited | 

 the fair at Paris. He was always looted up- : 

 on as a steady and rellab'e man, and one wiio 

 knew how t<> save his money. At the time 

 of his death he had about $5(i In the care of i 

 Mr. Marshal, and in hiR room was Sli .">» in | 

 smallchange. HIsfatherisa clerk in a dry | 

 goods sufrein Liberty. Ills only sister mar- ' 

 ried Albert Thompson, a prominent business \ 

 man of Indianapolis, where she Is sald io 

 be a soelnl leader. 



The bodies of the young men, ac- 

 companied by Dr. J. N. Rose, ar- 



' rived in Liberty Tuesday morning 

 at lo o'clock. The funeral services 



' of Albert iVliller were conducted at 



' the home of his parents, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Theodore Miller, Wednesday j 

 morning at lo o'clock by Rev. D. W. 



i Parks. The funeral of George Rose 

 took place Wednesday afternoon at 

 the home of loseph Corrington con- 

 ducted b^^!g,v.: p. W. Parks. 



'mbekty herald.! 



PHONE 32 [■ 



OFWAlPAPER"orUNIOIS COUNTY/ 



C. W. STIVERS & SONS, 

 Editors, Publishers and Proprietors. 



LIBERTY, INDIANA; 

 Thursday, January 24, 1901. 



