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Show FOUND DEAD; IN HER ROOM Wealthy Toledo Woman Discovered in Denver Rooming House. Denver. Colo.. Dec. 31. Either by i murder or suicide, the life of Mrfl K E. Kline, said to have been the wife of a wealthy Toledo, Ohio, lumber dealer, was lost sometime to-dav, to-dav, In a rooming house in Denver where she had been staying with a man -aid le. the landlady to be James McLane.' Despatches from Toledo to the local police, Indicate he is a wealthy banker of that place. McLane. when questioned by the coroner after tbe death of the woman was discovered, discov-ered, stated that he bad married her about two weeks ago. Mar) Margaret Kline, the seven-yearold-daughtor of the dead woman, however, declares that he 1 not her stepfather and that her 'real" father told her and her mother goodbye when they left Toledo. The body was discovered tonight by the proprietor of the rooming bouse For more than an hour she, had heard sounds of loud crying and sobbing coming from the room whicn was occupied by Mrs Kline and Mc-I Mc-I an e Finally she deeld-d to mvesti-;ate mvesti-;ate and upon opening the unlocked door round the body of Mrs Kline 1-inz 1-inz on the bed with her head in a nillow The child was on the bed with her arms tightly clasped about the I dead mother s neck. When the pro- prietor turned tbe woman's face to view it was seen that she was dead in' her nostrils had been stutfed cotton saturated with chloroform Tb police were notified immedlatel and the bod) removed to the morgue. Shortly after the police had been given knowledge of the case McEane returned to the room and packed a uit case, said the proprietor. To-nlgW To-nlgW Be visited the coroner ami told that bis name was Mclne and that he wa the husband of the dead woman wom-an He ave his address as the rooming house where the tragedy occurred oc-curred later, when the police want-Bj want-Bj !,!, he COUld uot be located At-tendantB At-tendantB al the Union depot stated tha, a man answering his description had left Denver at 9 o clock tonight, though they did not notice tbe train bp took McLane' supposed disappearance led the police to make further investigations investi-gations in the room where Mrs Kline died Diligent search of the room audi vard or the house failed to disclose Where the empty chloroform bottle, had been thrown. The police have a theary that it was removed by some person. The child was not in the room, as-cording as-cording to her story, when her mother ,. ( She niered about five o'clock todaj and found her mother, she Baya lying on the bed In just the attitude In which she was found when the pro-1 prietor entered She savs she tried to arouse her mother and falling began 10 cry. thinking think-ing that something wrong had hap-i hap-i icnod The police anxious to establish the Identity ol McLane, asked the girl concerning his marriage to her raoth- 6 -He's not mv papa." indignantly exclaimed the child. "My papa is In ' Toledo and he kissed us goodby at tbe train" , . ' She declared McLane joined them at'some station on the way to Den- Vi r, though she could not sa) what the town is. oo r |