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RISE.1.50 A YEARlaigBraCTsw^CTr * Tjroipssn^igsgnasneaaa- a i! OLD EV3AN GALL.Finds the Corpso of His Daughter in a TerrsHaute Bagnio.ofbyIdaA sad sequel ilt; Uu; awful lt;lcath of Maymu ( all, in a bagino on v.'est .Main .Street Sunday morning, developed yesterday. \V. M. Cali, father of the girl, was in iba city, having come here from Cory, Ind., to draw his pension, when he learned of her death.The old man had not seen his daughter since she was a baby, and was loath to believe that the'dead girl could be his child. He learned of her death by a mere accident. lie was in a rc-iauinnt, whenthe proprietor asked him if he hadheard of the suicide. IIg replied that he had nr t and inquired her name. lie said that her name was Call—May me Call.His informant saw him start, and then a tear stole down the old man’s cheek, as he muttered almost inaudi-bly: “I had a daughter by that name. I wonder if it could be mychild?-’The story is sad indeed, and if told iD one of the yellow-backed penny awfula that bootblacks devour in tbe alleys would not be credited. It serves to show that fact is stranger than fiction. As the old man recited his life’s history to a reporter of The Express last night the tears comsed down his deeply furrowed cheeks and at times his voice became choked by sobs and he was compelled to suspend bia narrative until his grief subsided. His story was in brief as follows:“For eighteen years I iived with my wife and was happy. Eight children was born to us, of whom Mary, or Mayine, as she was called, was the youngest. About thirteen years ago my wife deserted me, taking Msyrae, then a mere baby, with her. one wer.t. oil with a tramp, who was alt;j n afterward sent to the penitentiary on a charge of larceny. Aftei that she drifted to Terre Haute and took Mayme with her. I heard thal she was keeping a questionable house in this city a few years later I lost all trace of them soon aftei that and never heard from either again until yesterday.“On Sunday I determined to come to Terre Haute on the following dav as my pension fell due then. I am employed as an engineer in a floui mill at Coal City, where I have beer for years and arn well known. When I reached here I d: ;w my money and wont into a restaurant, where 1 am known to get my dinner. Whili I wa9 there tbe proprietor told mlt; of the suicide and something told mt it was my long ,-'*t chib1 I inquired iue wbj e ho orecorpse lay and was at a MrsCall kept a disreputable house there I feared the worst, but made way there determined to learn truth.After I was admitted to tbe hou about the first person I met was nrecreant wife. I had not seen hi
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Brazil Clay County Enterprise
Brazil, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 16, 1893
Page 3
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Tim C.
USA 21 Jan 2018
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