Boston 'Post' says: About 11:30 Wednesday eve. as James M. STONE was ascending to his studio on the upper floor of the building 600 Washington St., he detected the odor of gas, which apparently came from the tailor shop of Patrick JUDGE, the door of which was partly opened, the gas burning brightly. He rapped on the door several times and receiving no response entered the apartment. What was his surprise to find a dead man sitting in an arm chair close to the door, his hands clasping a bunch of keys, his head thrown back, his lips covered with froth. The body was taken to the city hospital and there an autopsy revealed the fact that the man had died from heart and Bright's disease. The deceased was George M.C. HOWARD, a bachelor 50 years old, in the employ of Mr. Judge as book keeper. He came from St. John, N.B. It is supposed he returned to the shop after a walk for a quiet smoke before going to his lodging at 17 Oxford St. He was the son of the late George HOWARD, merchant tailer of St. John city. The father had accummulated a substantial fortune. Two or three years ago, George M.C. Howard went to Boston with Patrick Judge, who was a native of St. John and was, when a young man, employed by the senior Howard.