Violet Albina Gibson was an Irish woman who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926. She was released without charge but spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital in England.

Headlines from April 7, 1926

CHAPMAN IS BURIED WITH NO SERVICES; Sister and Counsel See the Interment in Unconsecrated Part of Catholic Cemetery. GRAVE IS THEN LEVELED Location Will Be Kept Secret Until Interest Subsides, Then Monument Will Be Erected. CHAPMAN IS BURIED WITH NO SERVICES

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Fascisti Beat American Sailors in Venice For Senate Attacks on the Debt Settlement

French Must Pass Caisson Test of Arctic Cold To Qualify for the Darcis Polar Expedition

Britain Supports Offer.; ROCKEFELLER GIVES EGYPT NEW TERMS

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