Ethel Bailey Higgins [SEP] place of death
Ethel Bailey Higgins
Ethel Bailey Higgins (August 10, 1866 – March 9, 1963) was an American botanist and the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1943 to 1957; she continued to serve as associate curator from 1957 to 1963. Higgins authored "Our Native Cacti" (1931), and other popular works on plants of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Biography.
Born Ethel Phoebe Bailey on May 10, 1866 in Vassalboro, Maine to Mary E. Pearson and George
Higgins refused to identify his attacker while recuperating.
Later that year, Higgins and Bailey were suspected in the death of Robert "Whitey" Benson, a member of Higgins' organization who was suspected of secretly working for rival Dutch Schultz and informing him on information regarding Higgins' organization, including details on liquor shipments. Although arrested for the murder, the two were once again acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Death.
On the night of June 18, 1932, after attending his daughter's tap dance recital