Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Lillian Gross (1868 - 1897) - The Last Train Ride from Congress

Bing AI/Val Prompt

On a scorching July day in 1897, a northbound train pulled into Phoenix, carrying a mysterious man and woman who quietly disembarked. They registered at the Ford Hotel, posing as husband and wife, yet curiously booked separate rooms. By morning, the woman was teetering on the brink of death, lay gravely ill, and her mysterious companion had vanished without a trace.

With her final breaths, the woman identified herself as Mrs. Lillian Gross of Congress, revealing that her real husband, George, was miles away working in Vulture. The man who escorted her was not her husband. Who was this figure that disappeared leaving Lillian to meet her tragic fate alone?

-Val "Shadow Archives"



"A Sad Death"
Phoenix Weekly Herald, July 15, 1897




 

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