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French Mary

“French Mary”

January 29, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 1 May 1871 Suicide. — About nlne o’clock last evening a woman of the town, known as “French Mary,” committed suicide by taking a dose of laudanum at her rooms in an alleyway running off to Dupont street, near Broadway. She has made several attempts at self-destruction, but was always thwarted in … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: 1871, French Mary, Laudanum, SUICIDE

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