Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-08-06
SENT CHILDREN WITH
MESSAGE TO NtIGnB0RS
Year Old Baby Played About Her
Feet as She Took Poison Had
Threatened TO Take Her
Own Life and Kill
Her Children.

While she sent her two older
daughters. aged 4 and years, to the
house of neighbor with the message
that their mother was sick, and &
year-old baby played with a spool Sn
the floor at nor feet. Mrs. A. KobelI.
resident of Albuquerque for eigh-
teen years, sat in a chair at her COM
fCrtable little cottage at 1902 East
street at 1880 o'clock this morning
and drank two ounces of carbolic acid.
1t took the children probably ten
minutes to toddie two doors away to
the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Lozar, 1015 East street, and when Mr..
and Mrs. Lozor and Mrs. Moon. who
lives between the Koben residence and
the Lozar house, ran into the Kobsil
residence a moment later. the woman
was unconscious, her eyes were set in
the death stare and respiration ceased
before they could move her from the
chair to be in the same room An
empty two-ounce bottle labeled poison
told the story Of suicide.
Coroner G. X. Craig viewed the re-
mains at the residence and called an
inquest to De held at A. Borders un-
dertat'ng parlors at o'clock this
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The cause for Mrs. Kobell's rssh
act Is not known, though her friends
and neighbors are universal in say
ing that she had appeared melancholy
Tor more than year, as though
brooding over some secret trouble.
Mr.. Kobell, who was an employe e
the local Santa Fe shops for fifteen
years. resigned his position here q
year ago to accept a position in the
Ell Paso Il Southwestern shops at El
Paso. and since his departure Mrs.
kobell has appeared strange. 1t is
| believed that she was grieved over the
separation from her husband. They
| owned the little cottage in which she
and her children lived and that is
| thought to nave been the reason why
! Mr. Kobell did not take his family
with him to the Pass City. However,
he made frequent visits to them, and
was here just few days ago. He
only returned to Ell Paso yesterday
morning. The last separation most
| likely drove her to take her life.
Neighbors and close friends say Mr..
and Mrs. Ko0ell were very devoted
H. each other, ard there could not
| IL ssibly have bcen any family trouble
| which would have driven the woman
to suicide. A few days ago Mrs. Ko-
bell told Mrs. Blondquist, 1905 East
street, that sle should not be sur
| prised if she killed herself and killed
her children also. but she gave no
| reason.
Mrs. Kobell purchased the acid yes
| terday afternoon aoout o'clock at
the Hamilton pharmacy, corner of
Third street and Atlantic avenue. Mr..
| Hamilton. who waited on her, said
that she came into the place and
| asked for fifteen cents worth. He
told her that the bottles were ten and
! twenty cents. She took the smaller
size. He asked what she wanted with
carbolic acid and she said that she
wanted it foe disinfectant purposes.
She chatted pleasantly with persons
in the store while she was making
| the purchase and signed the poison
register and walked out.
After being viewed by the coroner
the body was moved to Borders un-
| dertaking parlors. While there is lit
| tie doubt as to the cause of death,
! q strange feature of the suicide is that
eAAN . hAOuNu SHONS ilO sign OI
acid burns. which are invariably IN
evidence when acid is taken. There
was also no evidence that there was
a death struggle. as the body re-
mained upright In the chair. Under
| usual circumstances when acid is
| taken the victim dies in great agony
| and it is strange that Mrs. KobeL did
not fall to the floor when the acid
be gan to burn,
No disposition will be made OF the
body until Mr.. Kobell who was noti-
fed this morning by telegraph, -
heard from. Mr.. Lozar telegraphsd
Mr.. Kobell this morning In care Of
the Southwestern shops at FL Paso
and II is believed that he viii be
heard from this afternoon and will
probably arrive here tomorrow morn
ing on the early train.
The two Older children are being
cared for by Mrs. Lozar and the baby
| has been taken to the home OF Mr..
! and Mrs. Currass. The latter Is a
sister of Mr.. Kobell.
II Mrs. Kobcll left a note explain
ing her rash act 1t had not been
found al a late hour this afternoon.
she was 3s years of age