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From: cheryl kale <>
Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] new subscriber
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 21:11:59 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <02b901c7a339$18c92fd0$6601a8c0@lisab3c40a8b02>


Lisa,

Can you also send ME a copy of the original article? I need to pursue some family lore regarding a boarding house; that name is sooo close to Laferrier/LaFaire, especially with the way people spelled in those days.

Cheryl

Lisa Lepore <> wrote:
I found the original article referred to by the
last one I sent. It was in the Chicago Tribune
on March 30, 1874.

The address was the boarding house of Mrs. Leffler.
Catherine had been working there as a domestic, then
continued boarding there after she found other employment.

She had come to the US about a year earlier, and first
went to Burlington IA where she had relatives, then
moved to Chicago. She had a sister, Mattie Smith.

Love these old newspapers.

I'll send the article.

Mystery solved!
Lisa



----- Original Message -----
From: "JK"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:42 AM
Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] new subscriber


> I'm looking to solve an old mystery relating to a death of one Catherine
> Smith on March 29 1874.
>
> The initial clue is found in a London Ontario paper telling of her death
> as a result of an abortion.
> She is from small town Ontario and it appears she specifically went to
> Chicago for the abortion. Following the one who got her into trouble in
> the first place.
>
> An inquest was held and it was reported she died at 118 East 18th
> Street. I have a copy of the inquest, thanks to Northeastern Illinois
> University. It does not mention abortion, merely a "hemorhage of the
> womb".
> Seems that there were 6 doctors called as witnesses.
>
> Since an inquest was held, there must have been some sort of notice
> given to this event.
>
>
> What is the most logical way of finding a writeup in what would have
> been the primary "police paper" of the day?
>
> Is there a way of finding out what was at the address given (118 East
> 18th Street) in 1874?
>
> How would I go about finding out what happened to the body?
>
> Are there additional sources which would come into play as a result of
> the circumstances?
>
> Is anyone interested in old mysteries?
>
> J Krug
>
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