Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Last Known Addresses: Chicago


Silver's last five letters to her mother, Baby Doe, went unanswered. Each had a different address in Chicago. She had been using several different names/aliases, but these last letters all used the same name: Miss Rose Tabor. This, from the Colorado State Historical Society.
January 18, 1925: 2109 Michigan Avenue
March 5, 1925: 104 Oak Street, Apt 5-C
April 18, 1925: 3702 Lake Park Avenue, Apt 8
June 8, 1925: 1225 East 44th Place, 1st Apt
August 24-25, 1925: 3802 Ellis Ave., Apt 23

The last letter to her mother, Baby Doe:
My Dear Mama ~
Please write to me as I worry so about you.
I have dreamed of you and Papa so often lately.
Please let me know how you are.
Your loving child,
Silver
Silver died September 18, 1925 under suspicious circumstances. It took three days for relatives to claim her body.




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