The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

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

Siddons, J. H. "Verdict, 'Temporary Insanity' [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press, February 25, 1860, 4.
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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.