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Show A Flower, a Spanking and a Dead Woman CUICAOO. An attempt to protect her flro-ycar-old granddaughter from n spanking cost the life of Mrs. Anna Tnugncr, fifty-three years old, of 1020 North Lenvltt street, tic-cording tic-cording to Information obtained by Shakespeare avenuo police. Mrs. Taugncr died of Injuries said to linvo been Incurred In n bnttlc with tier daughter-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Taugncr of 1024 North Leavltt street. Hie latter Is recovering from wounds In n North sldo hospital. The two women, according to the police, rolled down n flight of steps during tlio struggle, which wns prcclpl tntcd when tho tatter's daughter, Kllxa-lieth Kllxa-lieth Taugncr, picked some .flowers from a neighbor's ynrd. Mrs. Margaret Taugnor, 23, Is the wlfo of Herman Tnugncr, son of the dead woman. Her duughtor, l,ll7ii-betli, l,ll7ii-betli, st raj oil Into a jurd nt lO-'O North Leavltt street and began picking posies from a little flower bed. Mtllan Jnnlckl, eight, of IRK) North Lenvltt street, rushed to tell the child's mother. Kllrnbcth'M mother whisked her Into the hallway and administered n sound spunking. The little girl's rles filled the unrrnw street for a moment or two! then Kllrnbcth went out to play again. Twenty minutes Inter the grand-mother grand-mother picked up Klizahcth In her arms find carried her Into her .home. Two hours Inter the child's mother went to tho elder woman's flat to get her daughter. From there on the police tale becomes be-comes somewhat ngue. They found tin 'grandmother on the floor of the hallway mortally Injured, screaming for assistance. According to Mrs. Anna IUIdel, 1033 North Leavltt street, the young wlfo wns still senf. fling with her mother-in-law. "We believe the two started to light nt the top of the stairs nnd fell nil the wuy do.n In the struggle," the polled say "We bellcxe the grandmother grand-mother was tr.lng to protect little I'llrnhcth from her mother's spnnk-Ingx. spnnk-Ingx. We shall hold Mrs, Margaret Tanglier until a coroner's Inquest tins settled the cause 6f d6ath." |