Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — GAS KILLS MAYOR’S WIFE [ARTICLE]

GAS KILLS MAYOR’S WIFE

Husband la Also Overcome on Way Homa From Meeting of lillnola Executives. Streator, IIL, May 31.—Mrs. C. E. Schuler, aged forty-six years, of Princeville, 111., was asphyxiated in a local hotel here, and her husband, who is mayor of his home town, was unconscious from the effects of the gas for many hours. He is out of danger. The Schulers were on their way home from Evanston, where they had attended the state meeting of mayors. It is supposed that Mr. Schuler in turning off the electric light before retiring accidentally opened the gas jet on, the same fixture.