Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Otis, Mrs. Ada 1909
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Arizona Republican-August 20, 1909
MRS. ADA OTIS
August 20, 1909

Through the surprising efforts of someone unknown, the death 
by suicide of Mrs. Ada Otis, in the Van Nuys Hotel, Los Angeles 
did not become known in Phoenix where the woman was wel known 
till yesterday.  Mrs. Otis took a dose of morphine August 4 and 
died at the Good Samaritan Hospital four days later.

The cause of her death would probably never have been known 
publicly had not her father, a wealthy resident of Chicago, 
sent a detective to Los Angeles to investigate the cause of 
her dath.

The dead woman left a single note behind her. It was addressed 
to William Coleman of San Francisco who is also known in 
Phoenix. He was here during last winter. He was at that time 
a guest at Palm Lodge. Mrs. Otis was the divorced wife of 
Thomas Otis who was associated with Colonel Epes Randolph in 
mining interests in the territory in 1898.

Mrs. Otis spent some time in Phoenix where she was considered 
an unusually handsome and attractive woman.

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