Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1912 — WOMAN LIVES AS HERMIT [ARTICLE]

WOMAN LIVES AS HERMIT

Friend Finds Her Alone In California Canyon—-. Lives Lonely Life For Seven Years.

Santa Monica, Cal. —For seven years Miss Alma Pitlinzer, a young woman of Cincinnati, has been living the life of a recluse In Topango canyon, eight miles north of this city. When a friend recognized her while on a trip to the canyon recently and urged.her to return home she refused, s Eight years ago the young woman was living in Walnut Hills, the fashionable suburb of Cincinnati. She was Betrothed to a young lawyer of that city. The following year she fell ill. After partly recovering she left home, shying she was going to California to recuperate. She came to Santa Monica seven years ago, and, after passing five weeks at the beach, purchased a cabin at Topanga, where she has since remained.