The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-13
SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.

TOUT weeks ago, was Bdontlhed this
morning as Mrs. Marie Jackson of 81
Biddle street, Milwaukee. The solu-
ton of the month S mystery came early
today with the appearance of relatives
and friends Of the dead matron at the
Hansen morgue, where the corpse has
been kept since the evening of the
tragedy. There is no room for mistake
in the present Identification of the
body. S. G.. Carroll, a nephew of the
suicide, stated positively that the
woman was his aunt and made immedi-
ate arrangements for burial. Funeral
services were held this afternoon at
the Hansen Chapel with interment at
the St. James cemetery.
Definite knowledge of the woman IS
life and her self-imposed death were
brought by the visitors of today.
A retired business woman and a widow
she had lived for some years in Mil
waukee in moderately comfortable
circumstances. Something over year
ago she had had an operation for ap-
pendicitis, from which she had never
recovered. The expense Of medical
! treatment as well as the suffering from
ill-health preyed heavily upon her mind
and possibly led her to suicide as the
easiest way to escape her troubles.
Inasmuch as she was living a secluded
life her absence from Milwaukee was
not noticed until few days ago, when
!
her nephew failed TO find her at her
home and instituted search for her.
His quest brought him to descriptions
of the woman recently found in Ke-
nosha and resulted in the circumstances
of today IS Identification.
+ Very little is known of the last lone
! ly hours of the matron s life. Friends
in Milwaukee knew that she had left
home, but thought little about it since
she was accustomed to travel a great
| deal and rarely if ever left word of
her whereabouts. She is known to have
come to Kenosha on a North Western
train which reaches this city shortly
after eight O'Clock in the evening.
This much has been learned from Mrs.
d. G. Owen of South Sheridan Road,
who happened to be coming from Wau-
sau on the same train. A peculiar
series Ct circumstances led to slight
acquaintance with the woman, which
assumes added interest in the light
of succeeding events.
Mrs. Owen reports that she boarded
the train at Appleton Junction. Since
the coach was crowded she sat down
beside an elderly woman Of rather sing
ular appearance. Despite the sultry
weather her travelling companion was
heavily yelled and closely wrapped in
coat Of brocaded plush. This fact,
combined with an alteration regard
ing tickets, caused Mrs. Owen to have
vivid remembrance of the passenger
and thereby make possible her recog-
milton of the woman's clothes at
police headquarters and her body at
the Hansen morgue.
Further than this Mrs. Owen states
that the woman appeared very eccen-
trio. At no time did she remove her
veil or give any clue to her identity.
She spoke mysteriously of her destina-
ton and asked peculiar questions
about Kenosha. She was at times mo-
rose and again optimistic or even
exuberant. She did not hesitate to
take the conductor to task about the
lost ticket or to complain of some fruit
that she had purchased from the train
BOY. In moments of a different mood
she talked entertainingly of Chicago
and appeared greatly interested in
thing that she said, however, there was
a marked nervousness, suggesting either
indecision or an attempt to appear nat
ural in spite of dark forebodings.
Viewed in the light of subsequent
developments the action of the woman
would indicate that she had clearly
premeditated the death to which she
was going and was hesitating from time
to time in the determination so soon
to eliminate in suicide.
Her actions after her arrival in Ke-
nosha are likewise shrouded in mystery.
She is thought to have spent Tuesday
evening at the Maple House where she
talked entertainingly of a store she
had owned in Milwaukee. Early on
Wednesday morning she left the hotel
and nothing further is known of her
alntil her body was found by Edward
Kuick Oh the surface of the lake, not
far from the spot where Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowman and Walter Jensen were
drowned in the early summer. Dragged
from the water the corpse was taken
at once to the Hansen morgue where
it has been viewed by hundreds
of Kenosha people in futile attempts
at earlier Identification.
A quiet funeral was held this after
noon at the Hansen Chapel. Father
Malone oficiated and accorded the I'M
fortunate woman as elaborate rites as
her death would Justify. Only the
visiting relatives and friends of Mrs.
Jackson were present at the service and
at the burial in the St. James cemetery.
The Identification and funeral of to-