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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1924)
Omaha Woman Dies for Love of Finery vy lingerie Veils Death of Wife With Mystery * 0 Tina Rice Montgomery Is Buried Without Post Mor tem Disclosing Cause of Fatal Illness. Wednesday In the little church In the hamlet of Prairie Creek, neaj Central City, Neb., a funeral was being held. The body of Tina Rice Montgomery, 33, formerly of Omaha and Council Bluffs, was laid to rest, the cause of her death a mystery un solved even by post mortem examin ation. Many there are who believe she is the victim of false accusations, and that her death was the result of ar rest and threatened prosecution. Some time ago a woman who gave her name as "Jane Bush” sold a line of lingerie and silk hose in and around Shelton, Neb., collecting and giving receipts on a Minneapolis house. When the goods did not ar rive the purchasers began an inves tigatlon and offered a reward. Now it so happened that Mrs. Montgomery had been conducting a similar business for her support, rep Resenting the Shaunessey knitting mills with headquarters in Omaha. She was living at the home of her t-- " ' W hat Led to the Death of Tina Rice Montgomery? Taken to Kearney, virtually a prisoner, Tina Kite Montgomery was made to reimburse the three irate women who held her cap tive to the extent of $890. They claimed that she was "Jane Bush,” who had sold them lingerie and failed to make de livery. She denied the charges, but paid the money. The money paid, she was taken deathly ill and death followed. Post-mortem failed to reveal the cause of death. Perhaps it was from the effect of the arrest and humiliation. Physicians do not know. They only know that the fatal Illness followed her bitter episode at Kearney. N-—' uncle, A. Rice, a highly respected citizen of Central City. She married Manley Montgomery of Council Bluffs seven years ago and. until recently they made their honre with Mrs. Minnie Hall, 1232 Fairmount avenue. Council Bluffs. Mrs. Hall is Montgomery’s mother. Montgomery now is in California. The dead wife’s parents live in Dallas, S. D. She leaves no blood relatives in Council Bluffs. Only Partly Identified Upon her the defrauded women, descended, declaring that she an swered the description of Jane Bush "in part.” Staunchly Mrs. Montgomery pro tested her innocence. But. on advice of her uncle she accompanied her ac cuser* to Kearney. La»t Thursday she called her uncle by telephone. Informing him *he was deathly ill. The three women who carried her, a virtual prisoner to Kearney, had told her they would dismiss the charges if she would re imburse them the $S90 they had paid for their finery. The money was provided. When ehe was taken from the train on ar rival back at Central City she was seriously 111. “I am innocent, uncle.” she whis pered, 'But I would rather have paid many times that money than go to Jail." Was It all a terrible mistake? Did the effect of the arrest and humil iation on a sensitive nature bring 4kith* And so the little funeral was held in the Prairie Creek Baptist church and the body was lowered into the grave in Prairie Creek cemetery. Perhaps Just on account of a little lingerie, a few pairs of silk stockings to tickle woman's vanity. Woman Who Confessed She Killed Child Raves in Cell Nebraska City, April 2. — Mrs. Elizabeth White, charged with the murder of her 2-year-old son last month and who Is confined In the wo man’s ward of the county jail, is in a serious condition, according to the at tending physician. Tuesday she was seized with hysteria, screamed and tossed about on the cot of her cell. During her ravings she tslked of a strange man entering her home, strangling her and administering poi son to the child which resulted in his death. Immediately after the death of the child Mrs. White admitted that she had administered poison to the infant and then attempted to take her own life by poisoning. Inhaling of soot In the air greatly decreases one's vitality. When in Omaha I Hotel Conant Omaha Hanker \tl(lrnwri Nebraska City Chamber Nebraska City, April 2.—Walter W. Head of Omaha, president of the American Banker*’ association, was the chief speaker at the annual meet ing of the chamber of Commerce ban quet Tuesday night, and In hia ad dles* he emphasised th* responalhll It tea of the citizen. He discussed the orer regulation of business and In dustry. He eaid the citizen must rec ognize conditions aa they are. change laws which are unpopular and. above all. obey the etatutea until they are changed. 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