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Show WIFE Of NINETEEN KILLS JERSELF Salt Lake. Dec. 12. Mrs. Cecelia Sanders Jones, agod 19 years, wife uf Claudo Jones, a fireman forthe Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande railroad of thlh city, committed suicide while Visiting with her sister, Mrs; Sidney Potter, at Garfield last night by swallowing two ounces of carbolic acid. An unhappy marriage followed by separation from her husband, coupled with ill health, are believed to be the motives which led the young woman lo take her life. The following short note, addressed to Mrs. Potter, was tho only explanation left by t he young woman for her deed: "December 11, 1911 Goodbye lo all-I all-I am just tired of life and I will sodn be with mother. I reirtaln, as ever, your loving sister, Cecelia. P. S. Lot Laura have all my things." Miss Laura Sanders is a sister of the dead woman. She lives at Garfield. Gar-field. Two years ago Mrs. Jones undcr-wont undcr-wont an operation for appendicitis. This did not prove a success and a mouth later unother operation was necessary. This was performed at a local hospital. After leaving the hospital hos-pital Mrs Jones spent a week, with a sister at Midvalo A week ago she went to Garfield to visit with h&r sisters sis-ters there. The young woman gave her relatives rela-tives no Intimation that she Intended taking hcrJf,c At 3 o'clock last night Mr. andMrs. lyttcr retired. Shortly after that timo Mrs. Jones went to the door ofUijyr8iBter'.s room nnd-hsl;-cd for a pencil. The pencil was supplied sup-plied and the young woman went to her room. " About fifteen minutes after 'this Mr. and Mrs. Potter were' awakened by a noise in 'the ndjoining Poom, occupied b- Mrs. Jones, and they heard someone some-one lenve the house liy the front1 door. Hastening to tho room af MrsJone.? they found' It unoccupied. Upon tho dresser was an empty two-ounqe carbolic car-bolic acid bottle and a note. In tho front yard Mrs. Potter found her sister Medical aid was "summoned, "sum-moned, but paralysis sot in and five minutes after the young womau swallowed swal-lowed tho potent drug she died, before be-fore tho'arrlvRl of h-nhyslclan. - The body was broughl to Salt Lako at an early hour and is at tho undertaking under-taking establishment of Joseph William Wil-liam Taylor.' , Cecelfn Sanders was J)orn nineteen yearr Tigo -Innh'isvTntyv She is a, daughter of John William Sanders, 7G1 Arapahoe avenue, and Ann Ward Sanders, who died two years ago. Mrs Jones" Is survived by two sisters and three brothers, asid,c from her father, who at present is at Fairfield. Utah. Two years ago , Cecelia Sanders married Claude Jones. The union was not a happy one and soon after marriage Mrs. Jones brought divorce proceedings on the grounds of non-support non-support This suit is now pending. Up to her recent Illness Mrs lones had been employed In this city as a waitress. |