nthropologie Criminelle_, May, 1895; see also Krafft-Ebing,
_Psychopathia Sexualis_, Eng. trans, of 10th ed., p. 550.) In
this case a congenital sexual invert, Alice Mitchell, planned a
marriage with Freda Ward, taking a male-name and costume. This
scheme was frustrated by Freda's sister, and Alice Mitchell then
cut Freda's throat. There is no reason to suppose that she was
insane at the time of the murder. She was a typical invert of a
very pronounced kind. Her mother had been insane and had
homicidal impulses. She herself was considered unbalanced, and
was masculine in her habits from her earliest years. Her face was
obviously unsymmetrical and she had an appearance of youthfulness
below her age. She was not vicious, and had little knowledge of
sexual matters, but when she kissed Freda she was ashamed of
being seen, while Freda could see no reason for being ashamed.
She was adjudged insane.

There have been numerous cases in America more recently. One case
(for some details concerning which I am indebted to Dr. J.G.
Kiernan, of Chicago) is that of the "Tiller Sisters," two
quintroons, who for many years had acted together under that name
in cheap theaters. One, who was an invert, with a horror of men
dating from early girlhood, was sexually attached to the other,
who was without inborn inversion, and was eventually induced by a
man to leave the invert. The latter, overcome by jealousy, broke
into the apartment of the couple and shot the man dead. She was
tried, and sent to prison for life. A defense of insanity was
made, but for this there was no evidence. In another case, also
occurring in Chicago (reported in _Medicine_, June, 1899, and
_Alienist and Neurologist_, October, 1899), a trained nurse lived
for fourteen years with a young woman who left her on four
different occasions, but was each time induced to return;
finally, however, she left and married, whereupon the nurse shot
the husband, who was not, however, fatally wounded. The culprit
in this case had been twice married, but had not lived with
either of her husbands; it was stated that her mother had died in
an asylum, and that her brother had committed suicide. She was
charged with disorderly conduct, and subjected to a fine.

In another later case in Chicago a Russian girl of 22, named Anna
Rubinowitch, shot