“Once Successful Author Dies Alone” Body of Mary MacLane Found in Room at Edge of Chicago’s Black Belt Appleton Post-Crescent, Aug, 7, 1929, pg. 17 (AP) Chicago - Mary MacLane, a successful author 15 years ago, died last night The author of “I, Mary MacLane,” “Men Who Have Made Love to Me” and other No one was at her bedside as she died. Her body was found by the proprietor of Miss MacLane’s retirement about six years ago was believed to have been caused by more coming
in a lonely room on the fringe of Chicago’s black-and-tan belt.
romantic writings, Miss MacLane had virtually disappeared. It was some time
after her death before it was realized she was the Mary MacLane whose own
romantic adventures as well as her books had stirred the imaginations of the
reading public of a few years ago.
the small hotel where she had lived for the last four hears. Her death, a doctor’s
certificate said, was due to natural causes.
disappointment. It came after the sale of her books had fallen off and financial
reverses set in. Ill health added to her troubles.