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Show 1 All SOJJlNIIAPPYI" The Oaase of Caroline Peterson's Buioide Eevealed in Her Last Scratch of a Fen. A PHOTOGBAPHEB IN THE OABTE. BLe Lovod Her Paramonr Better Than Her Husband A Womn'i Awful Confession. Mrs. Caroline IVterson was found deail in a photograph cur at oiij West Fifth South late Saturday afternoon. The coroner was at onco nntiliud and the remains removed to Evan's undertaking under-taking parlors, where an inquest was conducted this morning. A bowl containing the coutents of a drachm bottle of strychnine, a Mtial! quantity of alcohol and a small amount of sugar revealed the causo of death and told the story of a womau's despair. Mrs. Teturson, who has always been recognized as a bard working woman disappeared Saturday afternoon and her continued absence excited alarm. Among others who boarded at the residence was Photographer Pho-tographer (.'hristenson, whose gallery is located on Commercial street, lie joined the search and entered the photograph car. where he was confronted by the pulseless form of t the woman who taxes her despondency and untimely exit to him. Yesterday Miss Annie l.iidvigsun and her sister, Mrs. J. M. Sjodalil were pasting the car where they found a note written in Scandinavian,. It was addressed to Christctisen, and translated by Mr. Sjodahl unfolded the romance of her sorrow as follows: Chrisiet s ui What have you done You have con e to me with your ft.itteitux words and I h;ul li- lievt-d ttiem. Yon are tlieune w ho is to li a ue f ir my death ; lint do not sorrow aimut inc. lam so unhappy 1 do not Know wh.ittodo. 1 a'ti ashamed on account of oy hushaed. I know he will never forgive me. Cirlsteiisen. lalie nvoiX care of little Pi ter. Farewell all of you. The letter bore no signature, and when it reached its destination, was torn to fragments. At the inquest it was developed that the suicide's attachment at-tachment for her paramour was stronger than that for her husband, from whom she had been sepal ated about two weeks. She denied this weakness to her confidents but confessed con-fessed it on the eve of death. Peterson Peter-son takes the matter very philosoph-ically.has philosoph-ically.has not called for knilie or pistol, and "directed the arrangements for the funeral that took place at 8 o'clock this afternoon. The jury found that Mrs. Peterson came to her death from poison admin-ir-tered by her own baud. |