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- ↑ "Murder by Gaslight: Poor Ellen Smith". murderbygaslight.com. July 2010. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ↑ Bluegrass Banjo For The Complete Ignoramus by Wayne Erbsen, page 23, ISBN 978-1-883206-44-4
- ↑ Across Generations, Traces of a Poor Maid’s Murder, February 1, 2009, The New York Times, retrieved September 4, 2013.
