partially owned at the Everett Hotel. (He was a nephew of Anna McNeill Whistler, the mother of artist James Whistler and subject of his noted painting known as Whistler's Mother.) When Cora was at a picnic with a man McNeill suspected as her lover, he shot and killed him. McNeill was acquitted because the laws of the time recognized husbands' rights, and the all-male jury supported his action. The couple were divorced shortly after he was acquitted; the divorce decree forbade her using the name McNeill. She reverted to using Crane. Crane became a regular contributor of articles to leading publications of the country, including Smart Set and Harpers Weekly. Toward the end of her career, she became restless and took on a bohemian lifestyle. She had been planning to return to Europe for its atmosphere and take up her writing again there. For the last three years of her life, she spent much of her time in Pablo Beach, Florida (now Jacksonville Beach), maintaining a residence in the city of Jacksonville as well. In 1910, she suffered a stroke and later that year she suffered from heat stroke soon after helping push a stranded car out of the sand. She returned to her house and died there on September 5, 1910, aged 45. She is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. Legacy Columbia University purchased much of the Stephen Crane papers from Cora Crane's estate. The Crane Collection is one of the largest in the nation of his materials. Columbia University had an exhibit: 'The Tall Swift Shadow of a Ship at Night': Stephen and Cora Crane, November 2, 1995 through February 16, 1996. Notes Further reading Lillian Gilkes: Cora Crane : A biography of Mrs. Stephen Crane, Bloomington : Indiana Univ. Pr., 1960 External links Cora & Stephen Crane in Jacksonville, Jacksonville history Stephan Crane papers at Syracuse University, includes memorabilia and correspondence of Cora Stephen Crane Photograph Collection at Syracuse University, includes photographs of Cora Finding aid to Cora Crane papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. 1868 births 1910 deaths Writers from Jacksonville, Florida Writers from New York (state) American brothel owners and madams 19th-century American businesspeople