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Show . Vx" ... ... . . .J . - - - - J . - i ' " . r ' s rir?. Ai: :;:rn, D:clarl:: L:'Is a S:cc;l';I.l3- lora," Enls IIcr-Llfc. - cniCAGO, ::.irch 10. "Since I began reading a wetis agro Tolstoi's Resurrection' Resurrec-tion' I find my life has been that of another an-other Maslova, but, alas! without her flnaj redemption, L too, have had. my Prince Demlry Nekhludov, who wronged me crucl"y in my Innocent girlhood. girl-hood. I have been rocked by the storm of life, and now I shall be lulled to sleep by my own hand." . This remarkable statement was made by Mr. Albert Zorn. accord in ir to her husband, when she was in the last throes of death from strychnine poisoning-. The statement showing her life to be a replica of Tolstoi's heroine, but without the 'final redemption,- has placed the woman's death In a new light to the police. In his cell at the East Chicago avenue atation Albert F. Zorn, the husband, told this story of his wife's despondency. despon-dency. The man is being- held on suspicion sus-picion ot having- guilty knowledge ot his wife's death. . , The passage In "The Resurrection" pointed out by the downcast woman to her husband, which caused her to commit. com-mit. suicide. 1 a partial review of the life of Maelova, .Tolstoi's heroine. . It reads: ' ; "That night Maslova could not fall asleep for a long- time. She lay awake, with her eyes open, looking at the door. She thought she will never marry a ccn vict In Sakhalin. '' ' - "These memories lay hidden somewhere some-where deep in her scuL- Her memory for Nekhludov was painful.". Zorn braced himself a? a m&.i who must undergo an ordeal when he told the story of his wife's strug-glea with) the world. His face was haggard from a sleepless night and be trembled. "When my wife pointed out that passage pas-sage to roe she was pale and wan," said he. "She sat in a study as she repeated to me Wednesday night the story of Maslova. She told me how the Rirl had been deserted and then she said: " -My Ufa has been Just like Maslova.' "My wife said, as she read how Mas-; Mas-; lova reviewed her past life, it reminded her of her own. She sympathized with I Maslova.' 1 "My wife read much and was of a retiring re-tiring disposition. .' She did not always tell me her secrets, but when, she did I sympathized with her. "When I returned to my home at 288 i Erie street last nlht I found my wife reading the 'Resurrection.' I think she was finishing it. Presently she placed, the book on the table. . I left the room for a moment and- when I returned she apparently was ill. 'Go out and get ma some whisky,' she said, 'I am ill " Mrs. Horn, a neighbor who was called In by Zorn before ha went for a doctor, doc-tor, said: - "Before Mrs. Zorn lapsed Into unconsciousness uncon-sciousness she aald to roe, 'I wish my husband had stayed. I cannot live long: for I have taken poison.' " |