Havens - George L.
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, Jan 9, 1931 (Friday)
George L. HAVENS, well known all over this section as an extensive dealer in poultry, lost his life on Monday morning by being overcome by the exhaust gas from a car on which he was working at his home in Ladoga. - kbz
Source: Greencastle Daily Banner 6 Jan 1931 p 1
George L. Havens, age 38, brother of CB Havens, city councilman, was overcome by carbon monoxide gas while working on his auto in the garage at the rear of his Ladoga home Monday morning and was asphyxiated. When his body was discovered at 9:20 a.m. he had apparently been dead about two hours. The Crawfordsville Journal in speaking of Mr. Havens’ untimely death says: “Mr. Havens, a partner in the Havens’ Brothers poultry firm, wa sin the habit of arriving at work early in the morning, Oscar Gibson, a neighbor, said he heard the engine of Havens’ car running in the garage about 6 a.m. When shortly after 9 o’clock the man did not appear at the place of business, it was decided to investigate his non-arrival. Joseph Brann, employee of the poultry house called Charles P. Myers, a neighbor, who went to the Havens home where he tried to arouse Havens. Hearing the engine of the automobile running, Myers and Brann who had come to the Havens’ home in the meantime, opened the garage doors, which had been closed securely and saw the body of Havens slumped down over one fender and the hood of his machine. The dead man still had clasped in his right hand a screw driver with which evidently he had been working on his machine. The hood of the car was up and the motor was hot, indicating it had been running since heard by Gibson more than three hours previously. Myers and Brann rushed Haven’s body outside the garage and summoned aid. Every effort was made to restore life through artificial respiration but the gas had taken its toll. Mr. Havens had for a number of years been one of the most outswtanding men in Ladoga community affairs. Although never married, he maintained the home of his parents after their deaths. He had served with the American Army during the World War and was a member of the American Legion. He also was a Mason and member of the Shrine at Indianapolis. Due to the prominence of Havens in the community, his death cast a shadow of sorrow over the entire town. The deceased was regarded highly and leaves a large acquaintance to mourn his death. His friends include scores of persons all over this part of the state. Carbon monoxide gas, while very deadly, has no odor and gives no warning of its presence in any way. Victims usually have full control of their faculties one minute and in the next minute lapse into unconsciousness. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at Ladoga. - kbz