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Show MRS. CLEVELAND AND MRS. HARRISON They Have a Quarrel Which Retails In the Death of One. Boston, Mass., July 17. Mrs. Clove-laud Clove-laud and Mrs. Harrison came to blows, and Mrs. Cleveland was seriously hurt, in fact she died soon afterward, and Mrs. Harrison was arrested on suspicion of having killed her. The two women live m a tenant house at No. 5 Troy street, and got into a squabble, over the subject of hanging out clothes on the roof ot the White house, as the place is called by tho police. When Mr. Cleveland Cleve-land came home he found Mrs. Cleveland Cleve-land lying on tho lloor, her head resting rest-ing against a sofa, with both eves blackened, and a huge discoloration over the right eye. Mrs. Cleveland said, as her husband entered tho room, "they have killed me," and in response to his inquiry as to who bad done it, replied, "Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. (ieraghty." Mr. Cleveland reported the case to the police, and Mrs. llarri-, son and her companion were arrested. Mrs. Cleveland grew rapidly worse, fainting lits followed and in a few hours she was dead. An autopsy was held, and when Mrs. Harrison and her companion com-panion were arraigned in court this morning the medical examiner stated that death was from natural causes. The police gave all concerned a hard name, particularly tho Clcvelands and Harrisons. They state that there has been ill-feeling between the two families fami-lies for some time, and that about six months ago Harrison was arrested for assault and battery on Cleveland and sentenced to pay a line of $10 and costs. |