On June 11, 1917, 23-year-old homemaker Esther May Stark, nee McMullen, died at Chicago's German Hospital from a criminal abortion perpetrated by midwife Mary Groh, who was never prosecuted because she died several days later from causes not indicated in the source. Groh had arranged for Esther to board at the home of Mrs. Scholtes for her abortion.
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Sources:
- Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database
- "Dr. Meinhardt Again Charged With Abortion," Chicago Tribune, June 13, 1917
- census and death records
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