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The Daily Inter-Ocean
Saturday, 2 May 1885

         The death of MRS. CHARLES JENKINS by her own hand
       is a terrible shock to the community, as the deceased
       was well known and had a great many warm friends. Dr.
       H. C. Daniels, Coroner, impaneled a jury last evening
       at the residence of MR. JENKINS. The body lay as it
       had fallen in death upon the floor, the revolver with
       which the fatal shot was fired lying in a pool of blood.
       It appeared by the testimony of a tenant and his wife,
       who live in a tenant-house about twelve rods from MR.
       JENKINS' dwelling, that at about 4 o'clock in the after-
       noon the tenant, MR. LADD, called at the house and gave
       MRS. JENKINS some eggs. She spoke pleasantly to him,
       and said that the day had been a gloomy one. He went
       away, and a few minutes later . . .
       
       HIS LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER,
       who was passing the house, was called to by MRS.
       JENKINS and told to tell her grandmother to come over
       at once. When MRS. LADD reached the house a few minutes
       later she found MRS. JENKINS lying in the position above
       described. She raised the dying woman's head from the
       floor. MRS. JENKINS breathed a few times and then ex-
       pired. The tenant and his wife both testified that MRS.
       JENKINS had not seemed nor acted natural since her
       mother's death in January. She has been despondent,
       melancholy, and sad, and there is no question but she
       was not sane when she committed the act. The Coroner's
       jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts.
       MRS. JENKINS was 56 years of age, of bright, social,
       pleasant appearance. She had several children, and the
       home was a happy and prosperous one. Her husband, MR.
       CHARLES JENKINS, is a prominent citizen of Naperville,
       and the whole community are stirred with sympathy for
       him in his terrible affliction.
       
       [transcriber's note: Her name was HARRIET.]
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