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Tragic double death linked to carbolic acid
Mrs. Nicholas J. Rupp lingered near death after a recent residence in Cottage street and Lafayette street while her husband, M.S. Rupp lingered in St. Paul’s hospital and later died after swallowing carbolic acid. The couple, married seven years with no children, had a history of mercury poisoning incidents and domestic violence. police report the husband struck the wife with a flatiron before taking poison.
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Nicholas J. Ropplinger
Aline Central
St. Pau
Rupplinger
Cottage Street
Tenth Street
Lafayette Street
Ruppinger
Minneapolis
M.S. Rupplinger
Ray Edmund Scredt
St. Paul
Waterloo
William Thompson
Brown