Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — CRUEL JOKE SHOCKS WOMAN [ARTICLE]

CRUEL JOKE SHOCKS WOMAN

Post Card Received From Unknown Writer informs Her of Husband's Death. Newark, N. J. —Mrs. Joseph Collins of 37 Cleveland avenue, Harrison, received a postal card stating that her husband had died in the tuberculosis hospital in Laurel Hill, Secaucus, and that unless his body was claimed at once it would be buried there. Collins is an inmate of the institution,

and the last his wife heard from him he was improving rapidly. Mrs. Collins became hysterical and neighbors who heard her cries went to console her. It was noticed by one of them that the card was unsigned and that the postmark showed It had been mailed In Harrison instead of Sacaucus. When neighbors were consoling Mrs. Collins, another took the card to the police station, and the sergeant on duty telephoned to the hospital inquiring as to Collins’ condition. Word came back that he ivas out for a walk. The police will try to learn who played the alleged "practical joke” on Mrs. Collins.