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Show DIES INJEGLUSION Woman of Wealthy Family Lived Lonely Life for Years. Deserted by Husband and Son as Result Re-sult of a Family Quarrel, She Finally Hid Herself in Little Lit-tle Cottage. Treuton, N. J. After secluding herself her-self in a lonely cottage for 18 years, during which time she preferred her loneliness to the luxuries of a mansion man-sion in Germany, Mrs. Katherine Zimmerman, Zim-merman, a member of a wealthy German Ger-man family, is dead in the Mercer hospital here. A broken heart was responsible for the woman's desire for seclusion. The first trip she had made from her trim little cottage in 18 years was in the ambulance which took here to the hospital. Mrs. Zimmerman, who was 83 years old, was surrounded by wealth in her childhood, passed near Berlin, with a poor lad named Henry Zimmerman as a playmate of the little Frauleiu van Augur. In time Zimmerman told of his love, which was reciprocated. Marriage seemed impossible, because of his poverty. He sought the land of liberty to win wealth. He was but moderately successful. suc-cessful. Much to his surprise he received a letter from his fiancee declaring her willingness to leave her home, face separation from her parents and come to her sweetheart. Zimmerman accepted ac-cepted the sacrifice and the couple were married in this country. They located at Wilkesbarre, Pa. For 35 years the couple lived in peace. One son was born. He had grown to manhood man-hood when a family quarrel brought about separation between husband and wife. Mrs. Zimmerman came to this city. Both her husband and son had disappeared. disap-peared. She had then passed the half-century mark and soon came into possession of a small fortune by the death of a relative. After continuiing her search for seven years, Mrs. Zimmerman wear-led wear-led of the world. She purchased a cottage in the suburbs and began her life of seclusion. She decided never to talk to a human being again. She told her resolution to several friends here, members of prominent German families, aud they consented to see that she was supplied with food without with-out leaving her home, as she desired. She arranged to . pay the money necessary nec-essary for this. Day after day during her entire period pe-riod of isolation, food had been left on the rear porch of her home in the morning, at noon and in the evening. To prevent herself from being seen or seeing others, those who brought the supplies would be far away before be-fore the aged woman would touch the food. The meals, which were always left in a basket, were procured by Mrs. Zimmerman by lowering from the upper, room of the house, in which she lived almost entirely, a rope with a hook attached, by means of which she would haul up the receptacle. |