1915: Frances Fay West, Linked to an Attempted Bombing

Frances Fay West, Linked to an Attempted Bombing

Portrait of Frances Fay West standing in a yard in Chicago, Illinois holding a dog in her arms. She planned to elope with a suitor, but her mother intervened. The suitor planted a bomb at the West’s home at 1639 West Van Buren in an attempt to harm Mrs. West.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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