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Bargain Not Satisfactory, the Purchas er Kills Herself, St. Louis.—Realizing thater hus band, Peter Rossman, whom she purc hased from another woman three Weeks ago for $360, had not loved her since he became aware that her boast ed fortune consisted of a spurious $10, 000 bill and a few hundred dollars In money, Mrs. Katherine Rossman opened her psalm book and, after read ing her favorite passage over and over, composed herself and fied a bullet into her heart and died immediately. Mrs. Rossman was only 30 years old. Her first husband died six months ago. Before and after her Marriage to Ross man the young widow talked constant ly of some “great sin hanging over her, and she refused to be consoled. The shot was fired while her hus band waited #: the front door of their residence-for his wife-to admit him. The body was found on the bed, clothed in a night gown. A few inches from the pillow was the open truck, thumbworn ,and pencil marked. The body was removed to the morgue and Rossman was arrested and held for a coroner's inquest. Rossman, who is an artist, had gon home for lunch shortly after noon and rang the front doorbell. His win opened the door a few inches,and took him to “wait a few minutes Al though puzzled, Rossman waited and soon heard a revolver shot, He of he house and told Seret, Pred Lanz. The officer accompanied him back to the house and they were forced to break open a side window to enter, Prize for Personal Beauty Divided. The unofficial and authorized fury of outsiders has decided that the award for personal pulchritude among the[ 1] governors and next governors is to ba fily'ded even between Draper of Mas sachusetts and Prouty of Vermont— Pagion Record,
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Atlantic Evening News
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1908
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Benjamin M.
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