Adele Blood(1886-1936)

On the night of September 13, 1936, Blood shot herself in the head at her home at 12 Griswald Road on the grounds of the Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York with a .32 caliber revolver. She died a few hours later at the United Hospital in Port Chester, New York. Her 17-year-old daughter, Dawn, was in the home with friends when they heard the sound of a gunshot come from Blood's bedroom. Dawn told police that her mother had been financially pressed and worried excessively in the previous two weeks.