Show 1 ONE IN Ill THE TH THEME Wt SO 80 FAR FAll Suicide Pact of Aged Inmates of ol 5 Home at Chicago Which I II I Became Bankrupt I Chicago March 20 A suicide pact I involving probably a dozen inmates of oC i I home for the aged is believed I to have been revealed by the death of i I i Jqhn Koch who died yesterday by h hown hh hown i i iown own hand after ridiculing John Hazel Hazelbach Hazelbach bach who failed tailed In an attempt at self destruction The supposed motive mothe is bankruptcy of or the home a private institution into frito E which many man of or the old folks friendless 1 and alone in the world had placed I 1 their savings of a life time expecting to be cared for till death As a result of the bankruptcy the aged inmates inmate I Iare are face to face with destitution Mrs Mary lIar Mann matron of 6 C the home Is Ir convinced thata that a poison polson bottle was wat passed by b Koch to someone else in the compact com pad whose identity may be dis disclosed disclosed closed only onh by another case of suicide I I Mrs Mis Irs Emma Bausch one of ot the super supervisors I visors of the home predicts a number II of additional suicides although she has dissuaded three that had avowed I I i such a purpose Koch who was 63 Cl I II years of age paid to the home I I Others of the inmates paid pali I j into the institution as high as 2000 2001 S I each Some of the most wretched and help I less of oC the old people at the home homel have been taken away and provided I Ifor i I for tor by the Little Sisters of the Poor PoorS S I |