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VICTIM OF ESCAPING GAS "Blonde Plunger" Charlie Ellison Nearly Asphyxiated at His Home in Suburb. Charlie R. Ellison, colorful figure on the American turf a quarter of a century ago, was found unconscious Tuesday night at his home at Buena Park, Chicago suburb. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Larsen, 80 years old, was dead from the escaping gas issuing from an open gas burner at the Ellison home. Grace Ellison, his wife, after returning from a shopping trip, discovered her mother dead and her husband in a comatose state. She found her husband slumped over a table, cards in hand, and the unfinished game of solitaire before him. She summoned the resuscitating squad from the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, who restored Ellison to a condition where some hope was held out for his life.
