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WOMAN, ACCUSED, DIES,Wife of \ 11oit Man i hnrK*-d withAttempt t»( Kill Girl.Mrs. John Threde, wife of a prominent Alton man, was arrested the other day on a charge of attempting to murder the former fiancee of her dead son, and a few hours later died in her home in great agony. The symptoms of Mrs. Threde** illness are said to have been similar to those caused by certain poisons. Her physician refuses to| state the cause ofher death, ^he was taken ill soon after the alleged attempt at murder. Miss (da (riassmeyer, who swore out the warrant, charges that Mrs. Threde threw gasoline over her which caught fire from a lamp and dangerously burned her. Mrs. Threde denied the charge. The motive for the alleged crime is said to he found in the statement that Miss (Jlassmeyer was the fiancee of Mrs. Threde's son, who died recently, and that the mother objected to the girl. Miss Glnssmeyer’s mother, a helpless cripple, and Ian invalid sister say that they recognized Mrs. Threde when she called at their house despite the male clothes she wore. The injuredgirl mynt that while she wa»|sifaing|a receipt for some provisions which the alleged Mrs. Threde brought she threw thegasoline on her. The house was set on fire and Miss! Olassmeyer was burned white helping save her mother and sister.
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Saint Anne Record
Saint Anne, Illinois, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1908
Page 6
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