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The Northwest Enterprise
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In Chicago, William Reese, 30, and his wife Pearl, 30, died in an apparent suicide pact, found shot in their bedroom by landlady Mrs. Hollinshade after the wife missed work. Police reported bullets from the same gun to their right temples.
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CHICAGO (UNP)—Listed as a suicide and murder, a man and his wife were found dead in their bedroom last week by a landlady who went to determine why the wife, a laundress, had forgotten her lunch.
Both William Reese, 30, and his wife Pearl, 30, of 2951 Wabash Avenue, died from bullets fired from the same gun, police reported. The wife died instantly from a wound in the right temple. While the husband shot himself in the right temple.
Mrs. Hollinshade, the landlady described the Reeses as a model couple and knew of no reason for the suicide and murder. She also disclosed that at approximately 7 o'clock she had heard a noise like the slamming down of a trunk lid. She heard the same sound several times, the landlady disclosed.
Reese had been employed as a loop mechanic for several years. His wife worked in a hospital laundry at 26th and Dearborn St.
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Chicago
Event Date
Last Week
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both died from bullets fired from the same gun; wife died instantly from a wound in the right temple, husband shot himself in the right temple.
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A man and his wife were found dead in their bedroom by the landlady who checked after the wife forgot her lunch. Police listed it as suicide and murder, with both dying from bullets to the right temple from the same gun. The landlady heard noises like a trunk lid slamming around 7 o'clock and described the couple as model with no known reason for the act.