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Show 111 OFFICER'S lOTHMIH German Baroness Shoots Herself Her-self in Quarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. SON IS A LIEUTENANT IN EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY Melancholia Supposed to Be tho Cause of Mrs. Von Dem Bussche's Act. LEAVENWORTH. Kas., March IS. Caroline Von Dem Bussche. divorced wlfo of Baron Von Dom Bussche-Hadden-hausen, a German baron of Berlin, committed com-mitted suicide by shooting at tho home of her son. Second Lieutenant Carl Frederick Fred-erick Yon Dem Bussche of the Eighteenth Infantry, U. S. A., at Fort Leavenworth today. Lieutenant Von Dem Bussche Is a cousin cous-in of Frelherr Von Dem Bussche-Hndden-hausen, first secretary of the German embassy em-bassy at "Washington, D. C. No cause except that possibly of melancholy mel-ancholy Is known for the woman taking her life. The officers at the fort decline to make known any definite facts regarding regard-ing the affair. liilled Herself in Her Room. Mrs. Von Dem Bussohe killed herself by firing a bullet Into hen head In her room adjoining her son's apartment. She had made her home with him at tho Army Post for some time past. She Is known to have been treated last summer for a nervous disease at Denver, whero the family formerly lived. , Baron Von Dem Bussche and Ills wlfo are said to have come to the United States from Prussia where he was believed to have '.owned large estates several years ago. Ho was a mlnlngjcnglneer and for many years lived Jh Denver, where the son was horn. ' Tho. son, Carl Frederick,- In 1S5S enlisted in the Sixth Infantry and In 1S01 was 'commlssfbned a lieutenant.' ' j ' Son Rose From the' iRanks. ! Thrco years ago lile'uteh'ant Von Dem Bussche was ordered to- the Philippines with his regiment and lils mother' accompanied accom-panied him. ' i. "'.' When ho returned to Fort Leavenworth something over a year ago she' followed him and since then has lived with the young officer at the ofllcors'' quarters at the fort ' Six months ago her husband visited her here, but soon left and It was. stated returned re-turned to Berlin, whoie he now resides. . Later it became known that the couple had been divorced, Mrs. Von JDem Bussche was IC years of age. |