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Show A MYSTERIOUS SUICIOE. An Agad and Unknown Lady Hangs Har-lf Har-lf In Chicago. CnifAuo. Feb. 2. An old lady, perhaps per-haps 85 years of age, committed suicide by hanging herself in a room at 105 South Sangamon street yesterday after-noon. after-noon. Mrs. Woutworth, the landlady, stated that last Thursday the old lady came to her and desired to rents, room. She was alone and had but little baggage. bag-gage. She appeared morose and never spoke much about herself. A largo number of letters and papers were found in the room. Thev bore the name of Mrs. Catherine Mcknight and Mrs Catherine Welley. Two decrees of divorce and an old marriage certificate certifi-cate were among the papers. The divorce di-vorce decrees showed that she had been ! separated from her two husbunds upon the same plea, drunkenness and cruelty. There were a large number of other documents, but none giving a clue to the address of friends or relatives or why she took her life. |