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Show FINDING OE GIRLS I BODY BRINGS TO END 1 WftTlOWWIBE SEARCH ; Hull House Matron Identifies I Body Recovered From Lake j Michigan As Miss Bh ! Jeanne Dc Kay. Chicago, April 5. The body of . Jeanne Anna de Kay, 20 years old, whose disappearance from Hull House i December 30th was followed by a na- ', tional search, was found today in Lake J Michigan near the municipal plor. H- ' MrB. Gertrude Howe Britton of Hull Hp I House, identified the body. Except ! ! for a coat and hat, which were missing, '; the clothing on the body was lhe same r as Miss de Kay wore when she disap- I peared. A scar on the left temple and t smallpox marks under the eyes assist- ?d in the identification. 0 P Mrs. Britton said she was convinced Hr i the girl had committed suicide. No . evidence of violence was found on the body Coroner Hoffman said the body JL bad been in the water three months. . f Miss de Kay was the daughter of I John Wesley de Kay, wealthy packer. !now residing in Switzerland, She was sent lo Chicago by her father soon af I ter her graduation from a London boarding school. She arrived at Hull House last December to assist in work) among the poor under Miss Jane Ad-dams' Ad-dams' direction. "She was despondent while at Hull House." said Mrs. Britton, "and grieved griev-ed over the pox marks on her face." |