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Show KILLS GRANDMOTHER COMMITS SUICIDE Philadelphia, March .In. Mrs Matilda Matil-da Cohen. 85 years old, member of a prominent family of this city, was shot and killed today by Hemry S Cohen, Co-hen, her grandson, who then turned the revolver on himself, inflicting a wound from which he died later in hospital. The trapedy occurred in Mrs Cohen's Co-hen's home and she ;as killed while in bed Cohen la believed by the police po-lice to have been insane The motive for the shooting puzzled puz-zled the police f'ohen was well liked by his grandmother. He is said to have been ;i keen business man and n')er to have shown Indications of a deranged mind His father who j talked with him thirty minutes before be-fore the shooting, said the son at that time appeared In good health and normal mentally The family physician pronounced it a caae of sudden and unaccountable insanity Charles Cohen, the father, is a pa i per manufacturer and president of the chamber of commerce of this city. The family is an old one. prom inent in social life here. Henry B tohen was in the lithographing business. busi-ness. He was a member of a number num-ber of exclusive clubs. Lieutenant j Albert M Cohen, a brother, is with the United States battleship Delaware Dela-ware Mlea Eleanor "'ohen. is a ten nla champion of Philadelphia. no I |