Show KILLED HERSELF IN PALMER HOUSE Mrs Edith Cooper of Philadelphia Ended Her Life With a Leaden Pill MYSTERY ABOUT THE CASE STORY OF THE MAN WHO REG REGISTERED REGISTERED REGISTERED WITH HER Chicago April 5 Mrs Edith Coop er whose address is given as 2330 Ger German Germantown Germantown man town avenue Philadelphia com corn committed committed suicide today toda In the Palmer house in this city by shooting herself through the head The woman arrived at the Palmer house early today in company with a man about 65 years of age who registered as Emo Bar of New York The Tho woman reg as Mrs frs Bardeleben They were assigned to a room and almost imme afterward Bardeleben left the hotel Woman Found Dead He returned three hours h urs later and found the room locked He summoned assistance tile the door was forced open I and the woman was found dead on the floor with a revolver lying on the carpet beside her Death was appa apparently apparently apparently instantaneous Bardeleben at once declared that the woman was not his wife and after some questioning by the police said that her h r name was Mrs Edith Coop ei el c and that her residence was 2330 Germantown avenue Philadelphia He said that she had come to Chicago to consult a specialist but for what cause he did not know Claims Belin as His Home At the inquest which was held in the th afternoon Bardeleben was shown a dis din patch from New York which said he h heas was as a resident of that city I 1 am not a resident of New York J he said My home Is in Berlin and I r a rr dealer in n I T am not married and have no lio wife liv liY ing lug In New York or anywhere else Met Woman in Philadelphia I 1 met Mrs Cooper first in Philadel Philadelphia I phia ph a about two years ago I had seen her but a few times since then until I met her five weeks ago in Pittsburg She came with me to Chicago to seek seck medical advice and to see about get ting a divorce from her husband I know of no reason why she aha should have killed self unless she suddenly became over her mn illness which JI I i know she considered incur incurable incurable incurable able The verdict of the coroners jury was in hi accordance with the facts in the case |