Philadelphia Enquirer, Pennsylvania
11 July 1910
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ENDS HER LIFE BY GAS BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH
Mrs. Julia Frances Lowe Commits Suicide at Her Home
Ill health aggravated by the heat, coupled with the grief over the recent death of a sister, is believed to have been the motive that impelled Mrs. Julia Frances Lowe, wife of J. J. Lowe and a talented singer, to end her life early yesterday morning at her home, 3508 North Twenty-third street. She was in her fiftieth year.
Returning from Perkasie, Pa., at 7 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Lowe found his wife's body in a bathroom on the second floor, which was filled with gas that had escaped from two open jests. He summoned a physician, who expressed the opinion that the woman had been dead about four hours.
A farewell note was left by Mrs. Lowe, the contents of which her husband refused to divulge. She and he devoted much of their time to singing. They were to have appeared together at a campmeeting at Perkasie on Saturday night, but Mrs. Lowe said she did not feel well enough to go. Her husband went alone and it was upon his return that he discovered her death.
