Masked Woman Throws Acid Phial at Divorced Woman in Eugene, Oregon - 1910

FULL TEXT: Eugene, Ore., Sept. 9. – A rigid search was started today by local authorities for a woman who entered the room of Mrs. W. S. Thompson in the Hall building and attempted to throw carbolic Acid in Mrs. Thompson’s face. The woman was masked. As she hurled the burning fluid at her victim, the stranger shouted: “Now I’ve got you where I want you.”

[“Masked Woman Throws Acid Phial at Divorced Woman in Eugene, Ore.” The Seattle Star (Wa.), Sep. 9, 1910, p. 8]

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SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.

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