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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1909

Page

15

Remarkable Life of Mrs Iona Murray Ends in Tragic Death

In Philadelphia society Iona Mae Nowlan Murray, once a respected Girard College professor and social figure, is found dead in a Ninth Street lodging house. Detective work links the death to her shadow life in the Tenderloin, where she used aliases and associated with a former policeman. The city reels as friends confirm the dual existence and suspected consumption linked death.

Iona Murray Philadelphia Iona Mao Nowlan Murray Girard College Jas, Murray Rome Murray Phi James Plese Mrs. Murray Bellevue-Stratford Tenderloina John Clarkson Wm. Clements N. Ninth

Coroner Quoted on Mrs Murray Dual Life in Case

Coroner Ford told the jury that Mrs Murray appeared identical in public and private life, likening her to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He noted a score of people identified her as a dual personality in a bizarre, mysterious matter.

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