Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-03 | Page 4 | Strange Death of Massachusetts Woman

STRANGE DEATH OF MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN After P.eceiving Bogus Notice of Accident Ac-cident to a Brother, Her Body Is Found Hacked to Pieces. WESTON, Mass., April 2. Tho authorities au-thorities of Middlesex county arc Investigating Inves-tigating the death of Miss Mabel Page, aged 40, whose body was found by her father, Edward Page, a retired iron-' master, in her chamber at home here Thursday. There , were evidences of suicide at first glance, but an inspection inspec-tion by a medical examiner revealed half a dozen knife wounds, any of which might have caused death. The woman apparently had been informed in-formed that her brother, who worked in Boston, had been injured In an accident acci-dent and taken to a hospital. Sho was preparing to leave at once for Boston when she met her death. A note written writ-ten by her explaining that she wa3 going go-ing to hjcr brother's aid was found on a table Tho brother, however, was found to be in good health. Miss Page was alone at her home for several hours Thursday. During that time her death occurred. Thus far absolutely ab-solutely no trace of the murderer has been found and it is now believed the woman was the victim of a maniac, who managed to enter the Jjouse undetected. unde-tected. He escaped in the same manner.