January 19, 1889Near Brookfield, MissouriMinnie Hall (29) and her 4 children are killed in their home before the house is set on fire Neighbors noticed the Hall house on fire in “one big round of flame” and ran to assist the family. The only family members rescuers could see through the flames were Minnie and…
Man hanged for poisoning his lover in an attempt to terminate her pregnancy
July 25, 1785 Durham, England John Winship is hanged for the murder of his maid/lover When Winship was informed by his maid and lover Grace Smith that she was with child, he convinced her to drink a concoction of corrosive mercury sublimate (now called mercuric chloride) in an attempt to induce abortion. She dutifully drank…
Collection of clippings: botched illegal abortion leads to death; a disembodied ghostly voice; man shoots wife, daughter, self over coal prices; a family’s tragedy
From the Chicago Daily Tribune Published October 20, 1918 Chicago, Illinois Evanston, Illinois A woman died as the result of an abortion, a practice which had recently (relatively) become illegal. I could find no mention of if the doctor involved was arrested for the death and/or the illegal abortion. Another source notes the woman was…
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