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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1911
Page
18
A reader from this American town contends that the famed playwright William Shakespeare was involved in harming young poets. The letter repeats a claim that the Bard ended many aspiring writers, stirring controversy in literary circles.
Dr. Owen’s April declaration about a sunken Wye river log allegedly containing Shakespeare’s head and writings fuels renewed discussion. Miss Cherstow claims evidence that Shakespeare killed the author and stole plays, challenging Baconian theory and inviting surface excavation to settle authorship once and for all.
Harriet B Cherstow asserts through a discovered memorandum that William Shakespeare concealed a murderous secret tied to a blood relative and victims among minor dramatists. She recounts alleged scenes with Anne Hathaway and Susannah, and claims Shakespeare suffered mental disorder affecting responsibility while a wife shielded the crimes.
The piece surveys Believed Baconian claims that Shakespeare is a mask for Francis Bacon with Dr. Owen of Michigan digging near Chepstow in the Wye River bed for diaries and oak boards while cipher theories from Ignatius Donnelly and others allege Bacon hid authorship in Shakespeare’s works.
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