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Show DEATH OF JUANITA COLLETT. Salt Lake City, June 14 Word has been received here of the suicide of-Juanita of-Juanita Collett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Collett, formerly of Smith-field, Smith-field, Utah, at Butte, Mont She was to have been married to a young man of Butte and preparations for the wedding wed-ding had all been made when for some unexplained reason Miss Collett stated that tho event would have to be postponed post-poned a day. This announcement was made on her return from shopping with her sister Pearl In the afternoon, when she seemed to be In excellent spirits. She then went out again, presumably pre-sumably to telegraph the expectant bridegroom, who was in Helena. She returned and about 9 o'clock in the evening rushed out from her room Into the kitchen, stating that she had killed herself and . falling heavily on the floor. Medical aid was called, but but the young woman expired a few hours later. An investigation revealed a half filloH bottle of carbolic acid in her room and It is thought that when she went out presumably to telegraph to Helena she purchased the poison. No further explanation for the act is assigned. |