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October 26, 1835
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
Mark Winslow committed suicide in a Boston jail on October 15, 1835, by cutting his jugular vein with a razor, just before his transfer to state prison for life. He left a repentant letter to his wife.
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From Briggs' Boston Bulletin.
Starcor,--This (Thursday) morning about six o'clock, Mark Winslow committed suicide in jail, by opening the jugular vein with a razor. He was to have been conveyed to the State Prison for life. He left in his cell a letter to his wife, of which the following is a copy:--
My dear wife--(thou best of women) most deeply do I regret and repent that I had not lived agreeably to your good and sound advice. If I had, I might now have been enjoying your good society, with the rest of my friends. Oh! how I could be hurried on, and unbeknown to you, I cannot conceive--but alas! so it is. I freely form my excuses--as I hope to be forgiven; I hope we may meet in another and a better world.
From your affectionate and loving husband,
MARK WINSLOW.
N. B. Forgive my loving friends.
Thursday morning,
M. WINSLOW.
Oct. 15th, 1835.
Starcor,--This (Thursday) morning about six o'clock, Mark Winslow committed suicide in jail, by opening the jugular vein with a razor. He was to have been conveyed to the State Prison for life. He left in his cell a letter to his wife, of which the following is a copy:--
My dear wife--(thou best of women) most deeply do I regret and repent that I had not lived agreeably to your good and sound advice. If I had, I might now have been enjoying your good society, with the rest of my friends. Oh! how I could be hurried on, and unbeknown to you, I cannot conceive--but alas! so it is. I freely form my excuses--as I hope to be forgiven; I hope we may meet in another and a better world.
From your affectionate and loving husband,
MARK WINSLOW.
N. B. Forgive my loving friends.
Thursday morning,
M. WINSLOW.
Oct. 15th, 1835.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Jail
Repentant Letter
Life Sentence
Boston
What entities or persons were involved?
Mark Winslow
Where did it happen?
Jail In Boston
Story Details
Key Persons
Mark Winslow
Location
Jail In Boston
Event Date
Thursday Morning, Oct. 15th, 1835
Story Details
Mark Winslow, facing life imprisonment, slit his jugular vein with a razor in jail and left a letter expressing deep regret to his wife for not following her advice, hoping for forgiveness and reunion in the afterlife.