OBIT: Mattie JOHNSON, 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. MATTIE JOHNSON,
A Well-Known Public Character, Dies Suddenly.

  Mrs. Mattie Johnson, who up till this week kept a resort for the 
vicious of both sexes at the corner of Tenth avenue and Sixteenth 
street, died suddenly between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning, at the 
residence of Mrs. Hetrick, 1520 Third avenue.  Because of the annoyance 
she met with lately in the numerous raids made by the police and 
constables, she had been disposing of her household property for the 
past week, and yesterday went to Mrs. Hetrick, intending to remain 
there only till this afternoon, when she would go to the home of her 
father and mother in Indiana county.
  Coroner Poet went to the house in company with Dr. Spanogle who 
examined the body and gave it as his opinion that death resulted from 
heart disease.  The coroner then concluded not to hold an inquest.
  The deceased was aged about 40 years, and Johnson was her proper 
name.  Her husband left her some years ago.  She was keeping one son at 
Indiana Normal school and two young daughters at St. Xavier's academy, 
near Latrobe.  Her remains will be taken to Indiana for interment 
tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday Evening, March 24, 1893