New York, March 12 (1891) - Gen.Wood, the colored midget, whose true name was Charles J. Fletcher, aged 60 years, was found dead in his room, at No. 10 First Avenue, where a number of "freaks" board, yesterday. when the door of his room was broken open by his manager, who was called by the landlady on account of the strong smell of gas, Gen. Wood was found dead in bed with the gas turned fully on. One of the freaks thinks that he left his gas burning and that the landlady turned it off at the metre some time at night and turned it on again later. This the landlady denies having done. The deceased has a sister in Germantown, Pa, one Mrs. Mary Jackson. He also has two brothers in the same state.