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hours nov think am insspn. AZ what pain Of heart
my dearest rat and only friend iq;t ,
oS,d me % so sad nto IS death ' ,oS s S
| pet child and wife.
Another one with tho same address said:
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s hos Es.gTn vS1 20 VA NSsy LSdg, part n'Ar to
After rambling references to personal affairs
and complaints OF uniairness In some money
matters on the part Of Faust. the letter says.
She has proved herself most exosllent woman wife
and mother The deeper go down into the valley Of
Ssr GSyo reason % IN doing 30 this wife IL or of
noS %oms sTSs % SS4s aoVS cam
produce nothing good Kindness and love oNn do
body thinks or says about Il
This. like most OF tho letters, was dated Dec
nui 'hSES isS6 as foco%s o"''0
my GSSS t Tou 's 20 good with III Ron6o Il 81
Still another letter was addressed simply Ito
my half brother" and dated Dec. "a. 1t read:
Whatever may hspPsn you need not trouble y9ursef
cidediy fsep to Yourself now Posivsy have nothing
sR The &c nina YOU Isn R, GR pSt
than your help OF oour,s knew only too we'll that
you say or do only to show on great man.
There were several letters besides these. but
none OF apparent Significance. There was also
deed, which showed that in 1881 ,Franken
had purchased Of the heirs Of the Drake estate
two lots; numbered 10 and rs; on seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets, near Ninth avenue, In
Brooklyn. Nothing else indicated that he had
any property, and it is presumed that the lots
written In a fairly good hand, and the mis-
spelllnR and bhd grammar seemed 10 indicate
the language. The appearance of his face as
he lay in his coffin yesterday did not indicate
brutality and was not repusive.
Tho chenp lace curtains at the window OF the
bedroom and other little adornments about
the place indicated that the family had been
accustomed to living in better STYLE.
Word Of the tragedy was telegraphed to the
officers Of Noe Valley Lodge In San Francis
60, and II Is expeGted that H word VIII be received
the relatives of the family IL the relatives do
not make themselves known in the moan time.
Diligent inquiry failed to discover yesterday
iorred to. No one called, at the ,undertaEers to
moved by curiosity and the only thing learned
% s a{ ars Gt spoEsn to
brother on the police force in New York. Even
her maiden name had not been discovered BY
III It was found that the Frankens had lived for
nearly two years before moving to Manjer
people there had known Mrs. Franken as q
hard .workipg woman who supported the fam
Franken lay around on lounge all day sing
ing and reading the papers. or else taking care
Of the baby, which was only. two or three weeks
wandered Of with It sometimes. being gone for
day at q time. and keeping, Mrs; Franken in
IS FanSen aid with tho
at evening. The Bushwick avenue police were
notified that Franken had taken the child out
following day he was found wandering around
some woodland in Jamaica with the child near
time, but no action was taken beyond restor-
in ng & him to bis family; M At that time Pr: Levy
mes he doeoed MN him asq
colds and similar complaints. He. also made
out several certificates OF tncapacity or sick,
due % him from the California lodge. The II. i'm.
preston he got OF the family was that Mrs.
sistance and that her husband was lazy and a
little queer In his mind.
Mrs. Franken told the women at III Boerum
the benefit OF her husband's health they had
also Ghicsro at 'T the time Of the adn An
archist excitement. and were there at or about |
Her % Husband had EVEN undred dollars tia to
others Of their families. He had declared that
victnals on his table for them. So y"
never give, her GENT. although he always had |
sS5 with him; She said this money. he de-
kept for some one else, who would come after
It some time. 1t was doubtless the identical |
money that was found in the letter to the cre-
nation society. The neighbors always be-
Anarchists during. the time he, spent away
from his home, but nothing that the Coroner
discovered among his papers showed that
1e was a working member of any society.
That he might have taken pains to
conceal such connection is indicated by. the
TACT that in many places in the letters he left he
carefully erased names that he had originally
written In that might have given clues
which for some reason he desired to suppress.
4 Pamphlet history Of the trials Of the Anar-
'hists was found in bis room. The only other
book visible. was Cutters Physiology, Anat-
amy, and Hygiene" which lay on the table.
might have used other poison to kin his wife
or an anGsthetic of some sort to make her un-
There was an empty bottle and
Tome glasses scattered about the bedroom, but
10 indication OF what their contents had been.
Obituary.
John Drake, in his day one of the most noted