Alice Mitchell

Alice Mitchell
Illustration of Alice Mitchell
Born
Alice Jessie Mitchell

November 26, 1872
DiedMarch 31, 1898(1898-03-31) (aged 25)
Western State Hospital for the Insane, Bolivar, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Occupation~
Known formurdering her lover

Alice Jessie Mitchell (November 26, 1872 – March 31, 1898) was an American woman who gained notoriety for the murder of her lover, Freda Ward. On January 23, 1892, the 19-year-old Mitchell cut the throat of Ward, then 17 years old.[1] Mitchell was subsequently found insane by means of a jury inquisition and placed in a psychiatric hospital until her death in 1898.[2]

  1. ^ "Alice Mitchell Insane.; The Murderess of Frieda Ward to be Placed in an Asylum". New York Times. July 31, 1892. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. ^ "A Most Shocking Crime; A Memphis Society Girl Cuts a Former Friend's Throat. Alice Mitchell, Daughter of a Wealthy Retired Merchant, Jumps from a Carriage, Seizes Frieda Ward, and Kills Her". New York Times. January 26, 1892. Retrieved 18 August 2009.