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COMMITS SUICIDE.Unknown Woman Walks [Into Silver Creek and Drowns Herself.Glenwood Keeper Tries to Save Her, But She Was Out of Reach.Got on Car at Silver Street But is Not Known to Conductor.identified at 3 P. M.IV'i Imps the most startled man in the euu:i*y Saturday was Isaac Lemmon, wlui was trimming trees at Glenwood -luring that time of the day and enjoy-j mg the pleasant weather while he j worked.i Suddenly his attention was attracted j by the strange actions of a woman.who had entered the park ahd was walking down the flt; otpath toward the landing place for skiffs. She never stopped, but as she walked she drew off her cloak and took off her hat and laid them both beside the water and then deliberately walked into the swollen lake ab.mt fifty feet above tlm dam.By this time Mr. Lemmon was running towards tlio woman, to try to prevent her from throwing herself in the water. He carried a long pole to which a pair .if tree trimming shears were attached. He was too late to interfere with tin1 intentions of the women, but as she rose from the water, gasping, after the first sinking be tried to reach her with th*.* long pole lie had, but she had drifted tu far out of reach and before he could do anything else to save her, she sank again and did not come to the surface again.He immediately telephoned to the [ police and a patrolman came up, but h« could do nothing more than had already been done.The cloak and hat were looked over to see whether they would not furnish a clew to idencificntion of the woman, but there was absolutely nothing. The cloak is a grayish green garment fairly long. The hat is black, has a brim and an ostrich tip, pinned 011 with safety pin. Those who saw her last do not feel able to give an idea of her lookB and clothing but think it was dark.She boarded the east bound Spring street car, conductor .Tames Brown, at Silver street, at about 10:30 and walked into the lake* alont 10:16.So far as could be ascertained, no woman was missing in this city who could I in all possibility have committed the rash act. but it was expected that identification would take place as soon as the body was brought up out of the water.1 b'liry Sir_'I was called froiu .Teffer-£ouvilli* at 1:3lt;) to direct the efforts to recover the body.| At about 1:65 the body was recovered by Fire Chief Louis Struck, who assisted iu the dragging. The young woman was apparently 21 years old.At 3 p. tn. after the unfortunate woman had been taken to the undertaking establishment of Lottich Bros., she was identified as Mrs. Frank Kraft, Jr., daughter-in-law of Justus A. Kraft, nee Meriwether, who had just returned home from the hopital to her home at Silver aud Elm, and the rash act ia ascribed to ill health from which she waa suffering.
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New Albany Weekly Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1916
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