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Show ONCE NOTED "COUNTESS" IS DYING IN FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, G. "Countess" "Count-ess" Leona Brooks, who came into 110-toricty 110-toricty several years ago through her relations with Edward J. Smith, the absconder, is dying of tuberculosis at the French hospital here. Her friends of tho old days have made her last illness ill-ness comfortable. The "countess"' stood guard over the lax collector in his flight from this city with $.165,000. She joined him in Los Angeles nnjl went with him to St. Louis, where he was arrested. She refused re-fused to loll the grand juiy what ho did with tho money. |