Frederick Douglass Paper Description: Suicide by Two Females Date: September 2 1853 Newspaper published in: Rochester, NY Suicide by Two Females Two females named Catherine B. COTTON, of Pownal, Maine, aged 22, and Clara C. COCHRAN of New Boston, New Hampshire, aged 18, after eating supper on Sunday last, dressed themselves in white, and went out together, hand in hand to the canal where they jumped in and were drowned. A young man attempted to save them, and was nearly drowned himself. From letters left behind, it appears that they had contemplated suicide for some time. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=56310