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On 3 October 1922 her lover Frederick Bywaters stabbed her husband Percy Thompson to death. When the gallows trapdoor opened and Thompson fell, the sudden impact of the noose caused her to suffer a massive haemorrhage. All women hanged in Britain after her were required to wear special knickers made of canvas which would prevent a recurrence of the massive bleeding suffered by Thompson.
(9 January 1923)

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Celerina, Graubünden, Switzerland.

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Monday 28th of October 1901 (-) — 'Brother' of Lou Salomé and rival of Friedrich Nietzsche Paul Rée commits suicide by jumping off a slippery cliff.
It remains unclear whether Rée's death was an accident or suicide. Rée had not long before his death declared "I have to philosophize. When I run out of material about which to philosophize, it is best for me to die."