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Show COMMITS SUICIDE TO EiM SISTER MARIE LEHMAN WAIT3 YEAR 80 DEATH WILL NOT ANNUL IN-SURANCE IN-SURANCE POLICY. SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID Was Thought to Have Deserted In- H valid for Whom 8he Cared for H Years Lifeless Body H In H St. Louis. For a year Marie Loh H man, 20 years old, counted tho dnya H which sho must pass boforo, under tho H terms of a llfo Insuranco policy, sho H could kill horself and thus leave hor H helpless Invalid sister Maggie, 19 years H A clauso in tho policy' said that tho H Insuranco would not bo paid it tho holdor of tho policy commlttod sulcldo H within ono year, but that after that Belf-destructlon would not bo a bar to H collecting tho insurance. Tho year B expired and Mario Lehman killed her-solf her-solf noxt dny by swallowing carbolic Tho insurance policy, naming her sister ns beneficiary, was found among H hor effects nt tho rooming housa on Pino stroot, whoro sho lived. B When tho last thread was off tho HBV roel hor mission was ended, and sho HHV carried out tho resolution which sho HBV had mado a year beforo. HBH When Magglo Lehman wns Bovcn HBV ycni-B old scarlot fovor mado hor a HHV hopoloss Invalid who required icon- HHV slant nttontlori night and day. For tho 12 years which havo passod since then tho burdon of caring for tho mulcted girl had boon upon tho shoulders of hor slstor. Their father, a ranchman In Idaho, wob shot from ambush and killed flvo years ago, nnd under tho torms of hla will each of tho girls recolvcd $2,000. This small fortuno was rapidly dwln-dllng dwln-dllng away. Mario spont not only her Bister's share, but her own, for modi-cnl modi-cnl and surgical treatment for Maggie. Only a fow hundred dollnrs remained whon Mario hit upon tho plan of In-surlng In-surlng her llfo in hor sister's favor and killing herself. Tho fulfillment came when ' sho wont to Forest park and commlttod Killed Herself by Swallowing Car- bollc Acid. tH sulcldo. Her body was found on a bench at tho Junction of Grand and Jofforson drives. ' Mario had frequently told Mrs. Whipple, who koops tho rooming bouso, that tho burden of caring for her sister was almost' too great for hor to boar, and hinted that if sho could jcavo Magglo woll provided for she would "go away." Several days ago sho doparted from tho rooming houso and romalned away threo days. When sho returned sho said sho had been in an auto ac- Mrs. Whlpplo now bellovcs that sho contemplated sulcldo at that tlmo and wont away to wind up hor per-sonal per-sonal affnlrs In preparation for tho carrying out of her plan. jH Attor Mario's dlsnppoaranco H. A. Qermond of Senttlo, Wash., whoso iH wife is a sister of tho Lehman girls, forwarded to tho St. Louis pollco n fl letter which Magglo, tho Invalid, had wrltton to Mrs. Qermond. ftj Tho afflicted girl did not dream of Wk tho sacrifice which was about to bo mado for hor. Sho wrote that Mario wf had dosortod hor and that sho ' ' fearod sho would bo taken to tho city hospital. "Pleaso send for me at once," she 'w pleaded. "I havo been loo great a :i burdon for Mario and sho has loft mo 'V' nlono." , X Tho pollco wero Investigating state- laments la-ments made in thia lettor whon tho' i. HfcloBB body of Mario was found. . )! Maria Is describod by Mrs. Whlpplo aa having been a young woman of !I noblo character, dovoted solely to tho J5 caro of hor slstor. For tho laBt year, Mrs. Whlpplo V snys, Mario has soemod unusually Be- tl' reno of mind nnd sho seldom com- f? plalnod of tho hardness of hor lot, as EJ sho had dono boforo sho took out Iffl the Insuranco policy. Murlo nlono know why, Tho socrot was hors nnd that which boro hor up 'M through tho year's Journey toward H death wns tho text: "Qrontor lovo H hath no man than this; that ho givo H up his llfo for his friond," H |