The Death of Harriet Bessemer

In August of 1918, doctors determined that an operation was necessary to relieve pressure from Harriet's brain. This surgery was successful, but she contracted meningitis. A week later, knowing she was on her deathbed, she summoned Chief Mooney and reconfirmed her accusation against Bessemer. She told Mooney with absolute certainty that Bessemer had attacked her with the acts unprovoked. And she added, he was stark naked. Ten days later, she died. The day of Harriet's death, police charged Louis Bessemer with attempted murder. Though he was acquitted months later due to a lack of concrete evidence, detectives realized that BesseMER wasn't the cleaver