ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE.
TUESDAY. APRIL I. 1924.

Mother Drowned by Accident
in Tub, Belief; Found by Son

Found drowned in a bathtub at her
home yesterday afternoon by her11 year-
old son, Mrs. Elsie Aiken, 38 years old,
of No. 156 Delevan street, is believed
by the police to have been overcome
while in the tub she had been in ill
health for several years and had com-
plained of severe pain in her head the
night before, it was learned from rela-
tives by Detectives Lambiase and
O'Hara, who investigated.
The tragedy was discovered when
Emerson Aiken, the son returned from
school for his lunch shortly after noon
yesterday. He found all doors locked
and was let in the house by his 3 year-
old sister, Eleanor. Neighbors reported
that the little girl had been crying for
several hours.
When Emerson's calls for bis mother
were not answered he began a search
through the house, finding her in the
bathroom with her body in a tubful of
water. The boy pulled the stopper in
the tub and then ran to notify neighbors.
Clean linen and fresh bath towels
found in the bathroom would indicate
that the drowning was accidental, according
to the police. Coroner Thomas
A. Killip will issue a certificate.
Besides Eleanor and Emerson, Mrs.
Aiken leaves her husband, Charles, and
a daughter, Beatrice, a music teacher.



Tonawanda--THE EVENING NEWS-North Tonawanda

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1924

DEATHS IN THE
TONAWANDAS

Word was received here last night
of the death of Mrs. Elsie Akien. a
former resident of North Tonawanda,
at her home in Rochester. Mrs. Akien
is survived by two daughters and one
son, a father, William Werth; two
sisters, Mrs. Martin Helf of North
Tonawanda, and Mrs. Anna Stahl of
Medina, and two brothers, Julius and
Ernest Werth of North Tonawanda.
The body will be brought to the home
of Julius Werth, 385 Falconer street,
where the funeral will be held.