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Mrs. George Fisk

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George Fisk was the wife of a stockman near Wilcox who committed suicide by shooting herself after being bitten by a mad coyote ^[1].

George Fisk, wife of a stockman living near Wilcox, was bitten by a mad coyote ^[1]. Rather than die of hydrophobia, she ended her own life by shooting herself through the head ^[1].

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Mrs… (1888)
Mrs. George Fisk, wife of a stockman near Wilcox, who w~as bitten by a mad coyote, sui- cided rather than die with hydrophobia. She shot herself through the head.

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