Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1920 — Playful Dog Causes Tragedy. [ARTICLE]

Playful Dog Causes Tragedy.

Vicksburg, Miss.—Mrs. Pearl Bebee, forty-five years old, was asphyxiated hy gas and a pet dog was found dead by her side. The dog had pulled the rubber pipe connecting the flow of gns from the main pipe to a heater. AO the gas had been turned off at the heater this gave a full flow into the room. ' The woman was found in a sitting position on the floor and it is believed she was trying to make her way to the door or to the water pitcher for relief from the gas when she was overcome. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict declaring there was no eHdence ot an attempt at suicide.