Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-01
WIFE OF BANKER
FOUND A SUICIDE
No Known Motive fo4 Tragic
Act of Mrs. r :. haskell
l of Chicago.
ON ANNIVERSARY PLANS
Couple to Hsve r$lebrated soth
Year of Their Marriage the
Next Day.
ON ANNIVERSARY PLANS

Chicago, Jan. l-fging 1n the door
Of storeroom ON the Third door of
their residence, 1884 Prairie avenue,
Mrs. Frederick T. Haskell. wife of
the vice president OF the Illinois
Trust & Savings bank. was found Sat
urday with a bullet hole through her
head and a revolver close by her right
hand.
She was unconscious and the shoot
ing had occurred but short time be
fore her husbands screams summon
en- other members Of the household to
the scene. Mrs. Haskell and her hus-
band had eaten breakfast together
less than half an hour before her IN
conscious body was fond.
She was hastily taken to Mercy hos
pital, but died few moments after
arriving there. without regaining con
sciousness. No motive for the deed
could be suggested.
Mr.. Haskell is declared to be many
times a millionaire and he and Mrs.
Haskell moved in the best social cir
cles. According to her relatives she
was in the best of health when she
retired Friday night.
ALWAYS HAPPY AND CHEERFUL.
According to the same sources Of
info mation, Mrs. Haskell is declared
to have been Of particularly happy
and cheerful disposition and is said
to have been looking forward with
great pleasure to the celebration of
their 30th wedding anniversary.
Mrs. David NJ. Robinson and Bird
Lget Gerrity, two maids employed In
the Haskell mansion, stated that they
were in the kitchen after breakfast
when they heard Mr.. Haskell screams
ing.
| Running into the house, they found
that he was upstairs and they found
him standing in the doorway Of q
storeroom which runs clear across the
lrear Of the third floor Of the house.
Mrs. Haskell is killed" he scream
ed, and as the two women arrived al
the door Of the storeroom they saw
Mrs, Haskelps body lying inside the
room.
Under and surrounding her head
was a large pool of blod ID which flowed
, from two holes in het head, one il
n the right temple, the bther over hel
I left ear. Close to OF e outstretchet
hand was a new 80 csliber of an ex
/, fensive type.
n From the location, relatively, of tn,
n two holes it was believed by the 20
J. lice that the same bullet had mad.
q both of them, but minute search o
the room, with magnifying glasses
failed to disclose the spot where tn,
:, bullet struck after leaving her head
( provided that is what occurred.
e PLANNING ANNIVERSARY.
Detectives Immediately assigned t
the case declare that there were n,
signs of blood anywhere save in tn
storeroom where Mrs. Haskell wa
found and are satisfied that she re
{ ceiyed her death blow there.
An apparent absence of reason 70
suicide is declared to be one of tn
battling features of the case. In &c
dition to preparing for an annivel
sary celebration, Mr. and Mrs. Has
i. kell were also preparing for Dime
to be given by them Saturday at tn
Blackstone, to be followed by anothe
: function Sunday
Coroner Hoffman took persons
charge of the case, detailed DIR. il
Z seph Springer, of his Office, to make a
denomination of the body This wa
! done at the request of members {
the family, who wished the proceedin
. to be completed at once.
FORMERLY MARY MAGooN.
= Mrs. Haskell was about so year
= old. Before her marriage she wa
Miss Mary Magoon of Ogdensbur,
J N Y.
She was noted by her friends 10