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reached her last October she dropped
not only those plans. but all others.
Just what she actually did and when
she decided to take her own life prob
ab " never Will be known for she kept
her own counsel. 1t is obvious, how
ever, that she went about the task Of
arranging for her death with the same
deliberation and determination that
had marked her plans to accompany
her husband abroad.
A few days after the death of the
husband, Mrs. Ellsworth says, somebody
told her that Mrs. Tenton was i'll.
Mrs. Ellsworth called upon her, and
found the widow hysterica
Decides to Disappear.
q have made up my mind that I am
going to disappear,7 Mrs. Fenton
said. THAT viii bring no disgrace
upon the Red Cross and it Will hurt no
body. But it Will spare me further
grief. Nobody ever viii see my body
or know what became of me-
On November Mrs. Fenton
dropped from sight Her furniture and
other belongings were sent to her
home in Tampa, Fla She obtained
an indefinite leave of absence from the
Red Cross Motor Corps WAT she Old
between that time and the probable
date of hex death, about three weeks
ago, can o#y be conjectured.
Several men were found yesterday
who thought they had seen her about
her familiar haunts on the Palisades
during this Period. OF this tney we're
rot CERTAIN owever.
When she finally decided to take her
lie, however, her mind appears to have
reverted Immediately to the secluded
spot on the highest oolnt of the Pal
isades, where the days of her courtsnip
had been spent. With the deliberation
that characterized all of her other ac-
tions, She supplied herself with hos
ptal gauze, prepared the four strips
that were bound about her head. pur-
chased the drug and sought her last
resting place.
Letter Received from Father
In an effort to carry out her in
tention Of making identification i'm
possible, every mark had been re
moved from her fur coat, her suit and
ever her new blue hat, from which the
lining had been torn. The white threads
showing where the lining had been
ripped away in order to conceal the
maker name still protruded from the
hat when it fell from her head in the
undertaking rooms.
During tne nOLoays a letter was re-
ceived by officials of the motor corps
here from George II. Packwood, father
Of the missing woman, asking if that
organization could give him any in
formation as to the whereabouts Of
his daughter. A letter was returned
at once telling Mr.. Packwood OF her
request for leave Of absence, pre-
sumably to come home
Information that first caused Mrs.
Ellsworth to connect the woman of the
Palisades mystery with the missing
motor corps driver reached her Mon
day evening. At that time, she said,
man telephoned to her, asking if she
could Identify certain woman mem
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the man mentioned a name that she
presumed was Mrs. Fenton- hus-
bands name, but that she coul not
understand it. While attempting to
have the name repeated she said the
telephone was disconnected, and she
did not hear from her mysterious in
formant again.
But she had become interested in the
unidentified victim of the tragedy of
the Palisades and she came to Engle-
wood, looked at the blue suit. fur
coat and hat of the dead woman and
Immediately identified them.
"Those belong TO Mrs. Packwood,"
CAS- she was known she asserted "She
asserted. "She said she would dis
appear, and that is what she has done"
During the afternoon an autopsy
was performed by Dr. William E. Og-
den, physician for Bergen County, and
two other physicians. They found no
evidence of violence As far as the
examination of the body of the woman
went everything confirmed the state
ment that Mrs. Fenton had carried
out her threat of suicide
In order to make even more certain
of the facts parts of the body were
sent to Bellevue Hospital for chemi
cal analysis. 1t is expected the analy-
sis will reveal what drug caused her
death