OBIT: Lydia M. (UNDERWOOD) JARRETT, 1920, Formerly of York Springs, Adams 
County, PA

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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MAN AND HIS WIFE

Former Adams County Woman and Her Husband Found Dead In St. Louis.  Cause of 
Death Is Unexplained.

Gettysburg, Nov. 25 – The mysterious deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Jarrett, 
who were found dead in bed at their home near St. Louis, are still unexplained, 
according to word received by friends and relatives here, where Mrs. Jarrett 
lived before her marriage.  He maiden name was Lydia M. Underwood, and the 
family lived in the vicinity of York Springs for a number of years.

According to a special dispatch received here there was every indication that 
the couple had been dead for several days.  Neighbors had noticed gas lights 
burning in the house since Friday of last week.  The bodies were found 
Wednesday, when entrance was gained to the residence.  Two gas heaters were 
burning, the one in their bedroom and the other in an adjoining room and the air 
was stifling when the police entered.  There was nothing to indicate suicide.

A St. Louis physician, in an interview, said that Jarrett and his wife recently 
had been suffering from the effects of stomach derangement supposed to have been 
caused by unwholesome food and that he had prescribed medicine to be used by 
both of them.  This medicine was harmless, he said, and not an opiate.  He also 
said the food poisoning would not have caused death.

Neighbors said that recently Mrs. Jarrett had been extremely nervous and subject 
to attacks of hysteria.  An inquest has been postponed to await the reports of 
chemists and physicians performing autopsies.

Mrs. Jarrett was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underwood, who moved from 
Center county in 1895, to the Brandon farm, between York Spring and Idaville, 
now owned by J. L. Butt, Esq.  Miss Underwood was educated in the public schools 
of the county and later was graduated from the normal school at Shippensburg.  
She taught for two years near Philadelphia, and then went to the Philippine 
Islands to engage in educational work.  It was there that she met Lieutenant 
Raymond E. Jarrett, and their wedding followed.  He received his discharge after 
that World war and since then they had lived in Missouri.

The Underwood family left this vicinity about seventeen years ago, but, after 
his wife’s death, Mr. Underwood returned here and for a long time was employed 
by Frederick E. Griest on his orchard property at Flora Dale.  He is now living 
in Franklin Gove, Illinois.

Adams County Independent – Friday, November 26, 1920