The young woman found lying in the shadows near Austin Avenue and Elizabeth Street was likely to die of carbolic acid poisoning. According to the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, Agnes Sorgan “drank its contents with suicidal intent”.

 

Chicago Daily News December 10, 1894 pg 1
Chicago Daily News
December 10, 1894 pg 1

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