Pink Bathroom

Reported Tuesday, March 31, 1942.

Rose Fishman, widow, found dead by janitor Sanuel Weiss.

Mr. Weiss gave the following statement:

Several tenants complained of an odor, and on March 30, he began looking for the source of the odor. Mrs. Fishman didn't answer her bell when he rang it, and upon checking with other tenants he learned that she had not been seen recently. Therefore, he looked into her mailbox and saw that her mail had accumulated for several days. He entered Mrs. Fishman's apartment, found it in order but the odor was very strong. The bathroom door was closed. When he tried to open the door, he could only get it opened a little way and the odor was much stronger. He immediately went downstairs and climbed the fire escape to enter the bathroom through the window. He could not remember if he found the window open or closed.

The model, however, shows the premises as he found them.

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