Brooklyn Eagle (October 4, 1941)
PRIVATE AT MITCHEL FIELD COMMITS SUICIDE BY GAS
Hempstead, Oct. 4 –
Private Eric V. Sten, 26, assigned to the First Photographic Section, Mitchel Field, was found dead yesterday from gas poisoning in his room at 257 North Franklin St., here. County police said it was a suicide. Gas was escaping from one burner on a gas stove. Two notes were found, one addressed to Sten’s wife, Doris, of 996 Foulkrod St., Philadelphia, and the other to his sister, Ruth. Police said the notes indicated that he has financial worries.