The Mysterious and Tragic Eutrophia

They died a day apart. It looks like murder-suicide. 

Death of Wife

His wife Eutropia Maude passed away on September 15, 1923, in Ventura, California, at the age of 33. They had been married 12 years.

Eutropia Maude Wieneke

Eutropia Maude Wieneke

 

1889–1923

15 September 1923 • Ventura, Ventura, California, USA

  • Death

    John Martin Kelly died on September 16, 1923, in Ventura, California, when he was 39 years old.

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When I went to visit my sister, Victoria, four months ago, I found negatives in an envelope put in victor’s photo box. After getting them developed, I beheld the mysterious Eutrophia, the sister of my grandmother, Mary Magdalene Rosamond, who allegedly was murdered by her husband because he had a metal plate in his head after being wounded in World War One. We met Eutrophia’s sons Harold and Robert, on several occasions in Ojai. We were told not to ask questions. However, who is that little girl in the photos? Did Brown kill this child when he killed his wife? What became of this child?

For months I puzzled over this, phantom child. I then applied the truth I discovere,d that my mother, Rosemary Rosamond duplicated much of their mother’s life. Mary was a Leo and a very powerful woman. Her four beautiful daughters held her in awe, and dare…

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