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A Rather Singular Case Of Death
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Saturday, August 29, 1868
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"A rather singular case of death occurred yesterday morning in the private Lying-in Hospital of Dr. H. D. Grindle, at No. 6 Amity Place, which is surrounded with considerable mystery and suspicion. It appears that Mr. Henry Lattin, aged about fifty years, and a resident of Farmingdale, L.I., had a daughter named Susannah, aged twenty-one, who formerly resided with Andrew Wood, her cousin, in Williamsburg, where she worked. In the month of April last she left home to visit a brother at Glen Cove, where her father saw her on the 13th of that month. Another sister fell ill and died at the parent's residence, when Susannah was sent for, and discovered to be missing, as the brother at Glen Cove had not seen her for nearly three weeks, and supposed her to be home with her parents. One of Mr. Lattin's sons also resides in Brooklyn, near Fulton street, and he received a visit from Susannah in the month of May, about a month after her disappearance from Glen Cove. His wife procured Susannah's clothing from her mother, expecting that the wayward girl would remain with them for some time. A few days after Susannah received her wardrobe she again disappeared, and was supposed to have come over to New York. No trace could be gained regarding the girl's residence or hiding place until Wednesday last, when Mr. Latin received by express, in a roundabout way, the following brief and startling letter: New York City, No. 6 Amity Place, August 27 …" (language: en)
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