On August 28, 1926, 44-year-old Margaret (Margherita) Muscia, an Italian immigrant and mother of 10, died from a criminal abortion performed that day in Chicago. Her children were ages 24, 22, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 7, 4, and 1 at the time of her death.
According to public records, Margaret Mule had married Giocoma Mucia in Sicilia in 1900, when she was 20 years old and he was 22. They immigrated to the United States in that same year. In 1920 Giacoma was working as a gardener and Margaret as a seamstress. At that time, their two eldest children were working as packer and as a cashier in a department store. In 1930, Giocoma was going by the name Jack, still working as a gardener, and living with their youngest 6 children. The two eldest then living at home were working as a gardener and as a mailman.
Mrs. Minnie Miller, alias Molinaro, was arrested on July 10 for Margaret's death. Minnie's profession is not given. On November 15, she was indicted for felony murder by a grand jury. (Sources: Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database; census records)
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