July 22: Teen Found Dead in Grandma's House

On July 22, 1949, at around 10:40 p.m., Alma Deery, age 16,  was found dead on the floor of her bedroom in her grandmother's home in Sheeder, Pennsylvania

Alma's father Earl W. Deery, age 46, was arrested along with his wife, Mary Gladys Deery, age 37, and Mary's sister, Myrtle Lahr, age 31. Earl and Mary Gladys were charge with attempted abortion causing death, aiding and abetting an abortion, and conspiracy to do an unlawful act. Myrtle was charge with aiding and abetting an abortion, conspiracy to do an unlawful act, and accessory before and after the fact. Each was held on $3,000 bail

Alma's boyfriend, James Souch, age 21, was arrested for aiding and abetting an attempt to commit an abortion but the charge was dropped and he signed out on a $500 bond as a material witness.

Alma's death certificate says "Causes unknown at this time pending further investigation."

Sources:

• Death certificate
• "Alma Fay Deery's Parents And Aunt Held In Death," Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer Journal, July 30, 1949

July 6: Lottie Lowy new information including verified date

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July 2, 1896: A Victim of the Prolific Lucy Hagenow

SUMMARY: On July 2, 1896, 20-year-old Hanna Carlson died at Chicago's Emergency Hospital after an abortion she blamed on Dr. Lucy Hagenow and Dr. Ida Von Schultz.

On July 2, 1896, 20-year-old Hanna Carlson died at Chicago's Emergency Hospital at about 5 p.m. Her brother, A. O. Carlson, swore out a complaint against Dr. Lucy Hagenow and Dr. Ida Von Schultz. Both women, who said that they were originally licensed to practice medicine in Switzerland, were charged with murder.

A man named Emil Olson, identified as "the man who secured their services," was also arrested.

Hagenow and Von Schultz asserted that Hannah had come to them after a self-induced abortion and that they were merely trying to save her life. The jury evidently found the evidence against the known abortionists to be insufficient, since they acquitted both defendants after deliberating for two hours.

Dr. Lucy Hagenow

Hagenow, who had already been implicated of the abortion deaths of Louise Derchow, Annie Dorris, Abbia Richards, and Emma Dep in San Francisco, would go on to be linked to over a dozen Chicago abortion deaths:

• 1891: Minnie Deering
• 1892: Sophia Kuhn and Emily Anderson
• 1899: Marie Hecht
• 1905: May Putnam
• 1906: Lola Madison
• 1907: Annie Horvatich
• 1925: Lottie Lowy, Nina H. Pierce, Jean Cohen, Bridget Masterson, and Elizabeth Welter
• 1926: Mary Moorehead

Sources:

• "Told in a Paragraph," Chicago Inter Ocean, July 2, 1896
• "Held Responsible for Result of a Criminal Operation," Chicago Inter Ocean, July 3, 1896
• "Olsen Admitted to Bail," Chicago Inter Ocean, August 30, 1896
• "Faces a Big Docket," Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1896
• "Women Physicians Acquitted," Chicago Inter Ocean, July 28, 1989
• "Doctors Acquitted of Murder," Chicago Tribune, July 28, 1898