April 1897
| Quincy, Illinois The Died Together Illinois Uncle and Niece Who Loved Unhappily Died By Poison Quincy, Ill., April 26 – Wakeman Haynes and Lizzie Hudson, uncle and niece, aged 23 and 16 respectively, who eloped from Loraine village last Sunday, were found dead in a pasture two miles from here this morning. They had taken strychnine and died together. They had been going together until the community began to talk and then they apparently determined to end their lives. There were of well-known families. [Source:Indian Chieftain; Vinita. I. T. (OK); April 29, 1897 - Transcribed by Dale Donlon] |
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