When the body of 20-year-old Mary Rogers was found in the Hudson River in 1841, New Yorkers were transfixed. Known citywide as the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," Mary's mysterious death set off a media ...

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Mary Cecilia Rogers, 20, known as New York's "Beautiful Cigar Girl," vanished in July 1841 and was found dead in the Hudson River days later A handkerchief with her initials and rumors of a botched ...