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Show MM TRIES TO END HER LIFE Bertha Cross, a woman of the un-derworld un-derworld residing in Electric alley, made a desperate attempt at sulcldo at eleven o'clock last night by swal lowing nearly an ounce of potassium permanganate. Antidotes were quickly administered by her friends until the arrival of Dr Imrebretson who attended at-tended her until the danger was past The woman was brought to the police po-lice station together with her paramour, para-mour, J. E. McKee. by Patrolman Peterson Pet-erson and Kelliher, where they were locked up for sufe keeping. McKee threatened to leave the woman wo-man and stated that he was going to Denver on a mid night train. She became hysterical and finding bor pleadings for him (o remain were not having tho desired effect, she seized a bottle of the poison and drank a portion of It before the bottle bot-tle was knocked from her hands. Both McKee and the woman aro 21 years of ago. |