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EJUCKL9hMAREESKEELSFOUND HANGED INI)HER APARTMENTSe i ‘Ylt;m: Hart1 Betrayed Me ” Says Fare v\ well Noli* Lefl by .Mrs, Skeels !-j for Lloyd.ID ear—‘'You have betrayed me. I gave you all-bodi!}', mentally and financially. You have stolen all a woman Holds dear. May God forgive us both.Maree.Waterloo, May 24—After penning these words in scrawled leadpeneil manuscript left upon her bureau, s' .Mrs. Maree Skeels, divorced wife of J Lloyd Skeels, fastened a rough 1-4 inch rope about her neck, fastened the other end to a transom betweenIy | two rooms in her apartment at 510% Lafayette street and jumped from a chair to her death. Her lifeless body was cut down yesterday afternoon by Coroner S. D. Smith.«Mrs. Skeels was last seen by Mrs. j Xittie Nash, who lives in another part of the same floor at 11 p. m. Sunday. Not hearing or seeing anything of her during the morning Mrs. Nash entered the other woman's room and discovered the tragedy.1-1 Note Left for Musician.The note, addressed to a man, who is also a musician, tells its own story of a distracted mind and a broken heart. Mrs. Skeels was well known as a musician, first as a member ofIIL-B*
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Oelwein Daily Register
Oelwein, Iowa, US
Tue, May 24, 1921
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