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Show DEATH REVEAL8 8ECRET . Women Asume Qule of Married Couple Many Year Without Truth Being Detected Chlcngo, Feb. 7. For aoven years Ida Wclnstoln lived as Benjamin no-sonstoln no-sonstoln and posed as the husband of Paulino Itosensteln. "Benjamin" died today and tho physician and undertaker un-dertaker who wore called In discovered discov-ered tho socre. "Benjamin" was 26) years old. It was an Industrial marriage, according ac-cording to tho surviving member of tho strange partnership. Tho pair mot In Now York City soven years ago, soon after tholr arrival In America Am-erica from Russia, their native land. Ida was posing as a man even then and had been emploed as a house servant ln the homo of a wealthy Now York family, according to "Mrs." Itosensteln. Ida had been unable un-able to earn enough to live on working work-ing as a woman ln a Now York sweat shop. Paulino wont to Dotrolt and corresponded cor-responded with Ida. Finally the pair decided to Join forces. Ida went to Detroit nnd obtained work ln a fur-nituro fur-nituro fastory as a packer. Pauline kopt houso. During tho next few years thoy lived ln Pittsburgh, Clovo-lnnd, Clovo-lnnd, Youngstown, Ohio, and Sharon, Pa., finally coming to Chicago. In Chicago, Ida, or Benjamin, as sho was known to her business associates, asso-ciates, was a very capable foroman. ' In a short factory. About a eur ago tho cotracted tuberculosis. |