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Thursday, July 27, 2023

July 27, 1920: Doctor Never Brought to Trial

According to the Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database, on July 27, 1920, 38-year-old homemaker Adelaide Fowler died at her Chicago home after a criminal abortion. Dr. Barney Welty was arrested, and indicted by a Grand Jury on August 1 but, for reasons I have been unable to determine, the case never went to trial.

According to census records, Adelaide and her husband, Arthur, had four children: daughters ages 16 and 14, and sons ages 10 and 3.

Watch Abortion Death from The Homicide in Chicago Database on YouTube.

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