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melancholia,
141

142
,
209

Memphis: crime rate in,
203
; Curve district of,
129

131
; jobs for women,
31
; newspaper industry in,
72
; society girls of,
73

74

men: jury rights of,
99
; media depiction of,
94

96
; power of,
31
,
70
; race and sexual assault by,
131

133
; women impersonating,
26
,
35
,
157

menstruation, vicarious,
145

146
,
210

Mitchell, Addie,
145

147
,
148
,
212

Mitchell, Alice.
See also
Alice and Freda; murder, of Freda Ward: alter egos of,
56
,
58
,
61

63
,
187

190
,
191
,
215
; arraignment of,
92

94
; arrest of,
68
; childhood of,
140

141
; at dances,
150

151
,
175
,
176
; death of,
176

178
; death threats by,
27

29
,
37
,
42

44
,
165
; delusions of,
22
,
55

56
,
60
,
62
; depression of,
57

59
,
149
; Golddust visits by,
27
,
48
; grave visit by,
178

179
; habeas corpus appearance by,
110
; Hypothetical Case of,
139

143
,
152
,
209
; indictment of,
86
; in jail,
70
,
127

129
; jealousy of,
27

29
,
38

45
,
55
,
59

60
,
159

160
,
163

165
; letter from Ada to,
51

53
; letters from, as Freda alter ego,
56

57
,
187

190
,
191

193
,
215
; letters from Freda to,
21
,
39
,
62
,
185

186
; letters to Freda from,
33
,
41

43
,
54

56
,
61

63
,
185
; male disguise plan of,
35

36
,
182
; masculinization of,
74

77
,
82
; murder of Freda by,
22

24
,
102

103
,
117

118
,
121

123
; proposal by,
32

33
,
156
,
201
; stalking Freda by,
19

23
,
38

39
,
60

64
; suicide plans of,
27

29
,
103
,
177
; testimony of,
161

168
,
211
; in Western Hospital for the Insane,
172

176

Mitchell, Frank,
140
,
147

Mitchell, George: daughter’s case actions of,
68
,
70
,
174
; death of,
212
; media depiction of,
95
; razor from,
58

59
; wife’s depression actions of,
70
,
141

143
,
144

145
,
209

Mitchell, Isabella: death of,
212n129
; depression of,
70
,
97
,
141

143
,
144

145
,
209
; letter from Ada to,
52

53
; media depiction of,
97

Mitchell, Mattie,
145

147
,
212

Mitchell, Robert,
52
,
147

Mitchell-Ward case: arraignment before,
91

94
; courthouse expansion for,
105

106
; defense of Alice Mitchell in,
138

157
,
167

168
,
204
; defense of Lillie Johnson in,
112

113
,
117

119
; erotomania diagnosis for,
79

80
,
157
; Franklin’s testimony in,
149
; habeas corpus of Lillie Johnson in,
104

126
; historic
importance of,
100

101
,
133

134
,
180

184
,
213
; Hypothetical Case for,
139

143
,
152
,
209
; Johnson’s, Lillie, testimony in,
121

123
; jury for,
99
; love letters in,
110

111
,
206
; media depiction of fathers in,
94

96
; media depiction of Lillie Johnson in,
94
; media depiction of mothers in,
97

98
; medical experts on,
153

157
,
180

184
; postponement of,
105

106
; prosecution of Alice Mitchell in,
81
,
147
,
150

153
,
157

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,
161

167
; prosecution of Lillie Johnson in,
113

116
,
119
,
123

125
; as public entertainment,
91

92
,
104

105
; racism in,
99
,
106

107
; sex rhetoric in,
151

152
,
154
,
157

158
; sources,
14
,
200
; testimony of Alice Mitchell in,
161

168
,
211
; testimony of Jo Ward in,
85
,
116

120
,
117

118
; verdict for Alice Mitchell,
168
; verdict for Lillie Johnson,
105
,
126
; women spectators in,
107

109

Moss, Thomas,
129

131

Mundinger, Charles, Mrs.,
148

murder: of Borden family,
202
; of Carmack,
206
; crimes of passion,
111
,
149
,
158
,
163
; lynching,
129

131
,
133
; as masculine act,
101

murder, of Freda Ward.
See also
Mitchell-Ward case: arraignment for,
91

94
; arrest for,
68
,
85
; gun idea for,
42

44
; indictment for,
86
; media coverage of,
70

82
; modern view of,
78

80
; poison idea for,
27

29
; razor for,
58

59
,
61
,
103
; scene of,
22

24
,
102

103
,
117

118
,
121

123

 

newspaper industry.
See
media

 

Ora Lee,
21
,
22
,
83

 

Patterson, George,
88

Patterson, Josiah,
112

Patterson, Malcolm Rice: background of,
112
,
206
; on death of Alice Mitchell,
176

177
; defense of Lillie Johnson by,
118

119

People’s Grocery lynching,
129

131

Perry, John,
76

77

Peters, George: background of,
111
; prosecution of Alice Mitchell by,
81
,
147
,
157

158
,
161

167
; prosecution of Lillie Johnson by,
116
,
119
,
123

125

Peters, George, Sr.,
111

phrenology,
211

physician testimonies,
141

143

physiognomy,
211

pistols,
42

44

pleas, arraignment for,
91

94
.
See also
insanity defense

Pleasant Hour Social Club,
150

151

poison,
27

29

pregnancy, insanity of,
70
,
141

143
,
144

145

Pride and Prejudice
(Austen),
50

51

proposal,
32

33
,
156
,
201

Purnell, Christina,
21
,
23
,
158

Putin, Vladimir,
214

 

racism: Civil Rights Act of 1875 and,
99
,
205
; in jury rights,
99
; lynching,
129

131
,
133
; in media,
74
,
85

86
; in segregation laws,
106

107
; in sexual assault,
131

133
; in voting rights,
206
; Wells’ activism against,
131

133

razor, as murder weapon,
58

59
,
61
,
103

Ritchie, Rob,
56

Rosa Lee,
21
,
60

Roselle, Ashley: testimony of,
159

160
; testimony of Alice Mitchell on,
163

165
; Ward’s, Freda, relationship with,
38

43
,
55
,
59

60
,
159

160
,
163

165

Russia, same-sex love in,
214

 

Sale, E. P.,
154
,
157
,
158

same-sex love: chumming versus,
25
,
34
; in Europe,
26
; examples,
157
,
214
; French novels on,
26
,
181
; as hereditary,
183

184
,
214
; love sickness in,
149
; marriage, as insane,
154

156
,
167
; marriage, example of,
157
; masturbation and,
182
; medical opinion history on,
180

184
; modern bans on,
214
; in Russia,
214
; sexual love in,
151

152
,
154
,
157

158
unnaturalness of,
74

76
,
80

Sapphic Slashers
(Duggan),
208

Sardou, Victorien,
207

segregation laws,
106

107

sex: assault, race and,
131

133
; castration and,
181
; masturbation,
182
; as Mitchell-Ward case topic,
151

152
,
154
,
157

158
; as taboo topic,
79

80

Sexual Inversion
(Ellis),
183

184
,
214

Sim, Frank L.,
141
,
154
,
180
,
211

sleepovers,
27
,
48

social expectations.
See
men; women

society girls,
73

74

sports,
140
,
147

stalking,
19

23
,
38

39
,
60

64

Stanley & Hintons,
83

84

Stewart, Henry,
129

130

suicide plans,
27

29
,
103
,
177

 

Tennessee Guard,
131

theater: Alice and Freda’s story in,
207
,
213
; cross-dressing in,
26
,
35
,
157

La Tosca,
207

trials.
See
habeas corpus; Mitchell-Ward case

Turner, B. F.,
154
,
156
,
157

 

undertakers,
83

84

 

Van Dorn, Earl,
111

vicarious menstruation,
145

146
,
210

Virg (of Carbon, Tx.),
192

193

Volkmar, Ada,
27
; Alice and Freda discovered by,
47

53
; media depiction of,
97

98
; testimony of,
158

Volkmar, William,
189
; on eloping night,
51
; testimony of,
150

voting rights,
100
,
206

 

Ward, Freda.
See also
Alice and Freda; murder, of Freda Ward: death threats to,
27

29
,
37
,
42

44
,
165
; deceit and escape of,
21
,
62

64
; on eloping night,
47
,
51
; exhibitionism by,
25
,
34
,
48
; family background on,
27
,
73
,
95

96
,
97
; flirtatiousness of,
27

28
,
38

41
,
45
; funeral for,
88

90
; grave of,
178

179
; letters from Alice to,
33
,
41

43
,
54

56
,
61

63
,
185
; letters from Alice writing as,
56

57
,
187

190
,
191

193
,
215
; letters to Alice from,
21
,
39
,
62
,
185

186
; letters to Ashley from,
40
,
165
; poisoning,
27

29
; proposal to,
32

33
,
156
,
201
; with Roselle,
38

43
,
55
,
59

60
,
159

160
,
163

165
; silence of,
55

61
; stalking,
19

23
,
38

39
,
60

64
; at undertakers,
83

84

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