Julia Bourland, wife of a prominent Fort Smith businessman, shot to death Maud Allen, her husband's mistress, in the spring of 1897, bringing an end to a lurid public scandal which over the previous ...
Last week I wrote about a love triangle in 1890s Fort Smith which resulted in Julia Bourland, wife of prominent businessman Fagan Bourland, attempting to murder her husband's lover Maud Allen. Today ...
Maud Allan was a Canadian dancer, chiefly noted for her Dance of the Seven Veils. In World War I, she faced accusations of being a lesbian spy, for which she sued unsuccessfully for libel.