GIRLS' SUICIDE COMPACT.
A death compact between two factory girls was told in letters read at a Southampton inquest on Ada Mary Brown, 18, and Daisy Winifred Holloway, 16, who were found drowned, with their wrists tied' together by a scarf, in a pond. In a letter received by her parents the morning after her death Miss Holloway said: "I am, oh, so tired of life, and so,have put an end to my miserable existence. I must close now, my time is very short. —Your broken-hearted daughter, Daisy. "P.S.—I am not alone in doing this thing. I don't think I should have the courage alone, but Ada is going with me, Mother. lam too tired to wish to live. Life is such a mockery." A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1919, Page 14
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133GIRLS' SUICIDE COMPACT. Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1919, Page 14
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