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Verdict, 'Temporary Insanity' [for the Saturday Press]

Siddons, J. H. "Verdict, 'Temporary Insanity' [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. 25 Feb. 1860: 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

Story about two men who commit suicide, one in India, one in England, who request in their suicide letters that the cause of death not be listed as "insanity" because the mark of "madness" on the family will create a prejudice against them.