HERMIT FOR 20 YEARS

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30337, 13 January 1964, Page 9

HERMIT FOR 20 YEARS

(N.Z.P. A .-Reuter—Copyright) MEXICO CITY, Residents at 6 Dr. Erazo street, in one of Mexico City's resadential sections, recently saw their neighbour, Catalina Shulton de Rojais, for the first time in 20 years or so. Catalina. 80 years old, had been living in the block of flats for a fifth of a century and not once had left her house. In fact, some of her neighbours did not even know that she existed. The story pieced togethe was that, 20 years ago, Cata lima and her husband, Carlo Rojas Estrada, moved into th flat. Carlos was an extreme!; jealous man—so jealous. i> fact, that he would not allow his wife to leave the house on have anyone visit her. Catalina apparently was quite in love with her husband and faithfully obeyed trim. Recently, however, Carlos, an accountant by profession, died at the age of 95. Much against her wishes, Catalitaa had to allow police and attendants to enter the house, and much against her wishes and those of her late husband she walked beyond tire door of her house, for the first time in 20 years. Authorities said that Catalina will spend her remaining days in a home for the aged. She has no relatives or friends and has even forgotten to talk. She knows nothing of What has happened in the world, has never seen a television programme nor heard the radio.