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Show A Sad Death. Hexbuig-C'uiicnt Journal. Yesterdaj morning, Maij, the wife of Moig.in Knapp, hanged herself while undei a spell of tempoiaij in-sanltj in-sanltj When the sad, sad news was known, the eitv w. is plunged In Intense In-tense soi row All dining Wcdiicsdav night, Mis: Knapp slept unusally sound. About daylight, she complained of a lluttei-ing lluttei-ing heart, accompalued bj chills, liei husband got up, lighted the Hie, and requested his wife to leinaln In bed. This she could not do, however, so she, too, arose While bieakfast was being prepared. Mrs knapp quietly slipped from the room, unbeknown to the members of tho family A few minutes later, when her absence was noticed, Mr. Knapp, becoming alarmed, alarm-ed, hastened from the room and to the bain, the dooi of which stood slightly ajar Looking in he saw a teirible and lieait-icuding sight Theie, standing upon hci feet, with a rope around her neck and tied to a beam of the bain, was his wife, cold in death. Death had come from strangulation as no bones of the neck was broken. Dr. Rich was summoned but life had becomo extinct long befoie hlsaiiiv.il. Last summei, a little moie than a jearago, Mis. Knapp siilTcicd with a sevcie attack ol ncivous prostiatiou. Since that time she complained of almost al-most Incessant pains in the head, up to about si weeks ago, when she experienced ex-perienced some teller. It was plainly visible, howovei, tliat liei sickness, accompanied ac-companied bv these seveic pains, had done Its woik, and Mis. Knapp's mind was alfected. As time passed, she giew gi actually worse, and no medical med-ical treatment seemed to do hei any peimanent good. About six weeks ago she buiicd her lli-y car-old daughter, daught-er, Maiy, and two weeks agoshe laid to lest her infant son. These tcnlble losses llnishcd the woik begun moie than a year ago, and culminated in her tragic end, but for which she was wholly li responsible. Mis. Knapp, was the daughtei of Hemy Flamm, and was one of the brightest and falicst women whom (iod ever peimltted to come to earth. Hci husband, hci father and near ic-latlvcs ic-latlvcs feel tho loss almost unbearable. The entire community mourns with the bcicdvcd. Fuiici.il will be held today at 2 o'clock. |