The daily sentinel., 1909-04-27
4 woMANs CRUEL JOKE.

Tt. announcement made yes
,.,,t,,v of the death of Miss Opal
Graves proved to be untrue "
Tbe Sentinel and the many
friends of the young lady "sIe
glad TO learn. HOWEVER,
Young lady was made the .ic .,
of brutal, inhuman ana VIC
Joke, perpetrated by some wohn-
an whose identity has not yet
heeu learned. Yesterday morn
ing a report was circulated TO the
erect that the young lady was
dangerously i'll. Later teie-
phone message sent to a store
where Miss Graves is enpioyeo
stated that she was dead
The report was a terrible shock
to the associates of Miss Graves in the
store who did not know she was III
Their surprise was just as great as
the shock they had previously ex-
perienced when the young iady hsl
self walked into the store anu ue
manded explanations for the peculiar
manner in which the other young
ladies were regarding her Wheh
told of the reports Miss Graves was
at loss to understand who was thus
making her the victim OF cruei
joke.
shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon The Sentinel was called up
by some lady who in most serious
manner Informed The Sentinel en-
ployee who answered the telephohe
that she had been requested to give
The Sentinel the information that
Miss Opal Graves, aged about 70
years, residing at 241 Grand avenue,
daughter of Mrs. John Graves, nau
died about l o o'clock in the morning
.Nxyt,.., to uiva her name. tele-
phone number, etc, so that II the
city editor wanted more information
he could call her up the woman re
plied that her name was Mrs. Martin,
tbelieved to be fictitiousl and then
said, that is all know about 1t, l
was asked to report this.
The notes were given the city edi-
tor. Investigations were made IN the
limited time before the hour of going
to press. Three was no reason to
doubt the telephone message. Many
times death announcements have
come to The Sentinel in similar
manner and The Sentinel had never
known any one to make joking
matter of death in this manner al
least 1t is usual for friend OF
family TO call up and give informa-
ton concerning deaths, and this was
regarded as such an instance. The
Graves family mad no telephone ac-
cording to the directory. Supt- Allen
of the city schools was called up in
an effort to get information con-
eerning the young lady's life- An
other person gave The Sentinel some
facts about the family. The brief
announcement of the death" was
made. Shortly after the paper was
out a young lady, accompanied by her
aunt, came into the office. introduced
herself at Miss Opal Graves, and de-
clared that she was very much alive.
Naturally she was nervous over the
false reports that had been circulat-
ed She declared that it was easy to
see that The Sentinel was entirely
blameless and that she had been
made the victim of a brutal joke on
the part, Of some woman or girl. Miss
Graves declared that she had no idea
as to who the guilty person is. The
Sentinel has made every effort to
identify the person who did the dis
reputable and dirty piece of work but
has failed so far. Such actions on the
part of any woman will be generally
condemned and If the identity could
be established The Sentinel will not
hesitate to give publicity to the
Identity of the brutal Individual.