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"BLONDE PLUNGER" IS DEAD Charles Ellison Succumbs to Effects of Gas Fumes Inhaled Tuesday Afternoon at His Home. Charlie Ellison, the "Blonde Plunger" of twenty or more years ago, died this morning from the effects of the gas fumes he inhaled Tuesday in the accident which asphyxiated his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Lar-sen, at Ellisons home in Buena Park, a suburb of Chicago. Funeral arrangements have been made for Tuesday morning from the chapel of C. L. Rush, 3421 Fullerton avenue. Interment will take place at Rosehill Cemetery. Ellison was one of the most famous plungers in American turf history. He always considered Yankee Girl the best horse he ever owned, but he owned many other good racers, including Yankee Consul, Judge Himes, Skilful, Harry New, Lady Navarre, Jacobite, Lady Ellison, Astor and The Unknown. He managed many famous jockeys in his day, among them Tommy Burns, George Mountain, Joe Notter, Johnnie Bullman and H. Phillips. Ellison was born at Lake Villa, 111., and still owns the family home, which is situated on a four-acre plot of ground.
