Alice Mitchell | |
---|---|
Born | Alice Jessie Mitchell November 26, 1872 |
Died | March 31, 1898 Western State Hospital for the Insane, Bolivar, Tennessee | (aged 25)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | ~ |
Known for | murdering 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]