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Show iig provo mm TAKES p LIFE Mrs. Viola Edwards, 25 Years of Age, Dies After Taking Poison. Special to The Tribune. PROVO, Oct. 20. Mrs. Viola Edwards, 25 years of age, died this morning about 7 o'clock from poisoning- at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Williamson of Grand View ward. The poison was taken while the young woman was suffering from despondency on account of family troubles. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koyle, both deceased, and leaves three children, aged 7, 5 and 2 years, respectively. A suit for divorce on the ground of failure to provide, brought by Mrs. Ed- ) wards again her husband, Harry D. Edwards, Ed-wards, was dismissed in the Fourth district dis-trict court on October 10. on the ground that the plaintiff had not resided in Utah county the reniiired time one year. Mrs. Williamson says that her' niece bad been despondent for some time and had threatened suicide, and that she (Mrs. Williamson J irad encouraged her to more hopefu views 'if conditions. Mrs. 'Edwards had evidently fully de-" de-" itb'd her course of nction. She eft three letters with her cousin, Moses Williamson, I to be delivered one for her husband, one fpr her aunt and one for her attorney, Harvey duff. They were taken in charge by Mi Williamson and, except the one for Mis. WiniarnBOn, which expressed appreciation ap-preciation fur Mrs. Williamson's kindness, have Hot been opened. When it was' discovered that Mrs. Esl-wnrds Esl-wnrds had taken poison Doctors E. G. Hughes and Walter T. Hasler were .summoned, .sum-moned, but Mrs. Edwards was dead before be-fore they arrived. Mrs. Edward had two brothers in the army. John KoWe in the aviation service at San Francisco, and Edward Koyle. last heard from at (ew York. The husband j was at Eureka when last heard from. He Is a miner and during the past year has ' ben emplovcd at Ophir and in Tilftlc Mrs. Williamson is greatly affected by J the dea th of her niece, who, she says, was a very lovable woman. Funeral arrangements have not been I made pending word from Mrs. Edwards's j brotRer, John, who has been advised of her death. |