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| Garfield Park Hospital |
On September 8, 1923, 16-year-old Magdeline "Madge" Bowman died at Chicago's Garfield Park Hospital from an abortion performed there that day.
It's actually likely, given errors in the Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database, that the abortion was perpetrated elsewhere and Madge was taken to Garfield Park Hospital.
According to Illinois death records, Madge was a Chicago native, the daughter of Charles C. and May Kowald Bowman.
Midwife Kate Sauer, age 60, and a 20-year-old man named Walter Page were arrested on October 5 based on Madge's dying declaration, but Sauer's case didn't go to court until March of 1925.
The Homicide in Chicago Database says that Seuer was acquitted. I don't see an outcome for Walter Page.
- "Midwife and Youth Held Following Girl's Death," Chicago Tribune, September 9, 1923
- "Midwife Held for Illegal Practice," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 18, 1923
- "Aged Woman Held to Grand Jury as Slayer," Chicago Tribune, March 19, 1925
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