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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], Shocking death of another Female Blondin. (search)
trestle was placed. Both ends of the rope, (which seemed to be about 1½ inch in diameter,) were secured by others fixed to stakes driven firmly into the ground. This work was done under the superintendence of the woman's husband. All the preliminaries having been arranged, the performer ascended the landing place amid the cheers of the crowd; she was attended by her husband, who gave her the balancing pole and chalked her boots. The band struck up a lively air, and as it did so Mme. Genevieve stepped cautiously and apparently with some degree of hesitation on the rope. She walked about half its length, knelt and stood upon one leg, then returned to her resting place. At this point her husband stepped forward and attached a couple of steel chains to his wife's ankles and wrists. Again the poor creature moved forward, evidently in no spirit of confidence, but she walked slowly along the entire length of the rope, reaching the opposite resting place in safety. An attendant a