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November 9, 1937
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
In New York's Lower East Side, impoverished Mrs. Margaret Begge, 42, suffering from a buzzing noise in her head, threw her 5-month-old daughter Margaret from a seven-story tenement roof before jumping to her death on November 9.
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WOMAN HURLS BABY FROM ROOF, THEN DIVES HERSELF
NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (UP)—Mrs. Margaret Begge, 42, threw her five-months-old daughter, Margaret from the roof of a seven-story building early today, then jumped herself. Police found her body in the street, the baby's on the roof of a parked automobile.
The tragedy occurred in one of the most crowded tenement districts of New York's lower East Side. The family is extremely poor.
Mrs. Begge awoke before dawn. Quietly, so as not to disturb her sleeping husband, she picked up Baby Margaret sleeping in the same room, and made her way through the dank, dark corridors of the tenement, up the creaking steps to the roof.
Her husband, Michael, told police that of late she had complained of a strange buzzing noise in her head. She had told him many times that it sounded at first like the ticking of a clock, and then it would become an "awful buzz."
NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (UP)—Mrs. Margaret Begge, 42, threw her five-months-old daughter, Margaret from the roof of a seven-story building early today, then jumped herself. Police found her body in the street, the baby's on the roof of a parked automobile.
The tragedy occurred in one of the most crowded tenement districts of New York's lower East Side. The family is extremely poor.
Mrs. Begge awoke before dawn. Quietly, so as not to disturb her sleeping husband, she picked up Baby Margaret sleeping in the same room, and made her way through the dank, dark corridors of the tenement, up the creaking steps to the roof.
Her husband, Michael, told police that of late she had complained of a strange buzzing noise in her head. She had told him many times that it sounded at first like the ticking of a clock, and then it would become an "awful buzz."
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Medical Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Madness
Misfortune
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Infanticide
Suicide
Mental Illness
Poverty
Tenement
New York
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Margaret Begge
Baby Margaret
Michael Begge
Where did it happen?
New York's Lower East Side
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Margaret Begge
Baby Margaret
Michael Begge
Location
New York's Lower East Side
Event Date
Nov. 9
Story Details
Mrs. Margaret Begge, disturbed by a buzzing noise in her head, carried her infant daughter to the roof of their tenement and threw her off, then jumped to her death; both died, family in poverty.