Saturday, April 22, 2023

April 22, 1920: Chicago Midwife's Fatal Work

On February 19, 1920, 40-year-old midwife Mary Simkus evidently perpetrated an abortion on 28-year-old homemaker Sophia Krawczyk in the Krawczyk home.  After the abortion, Sophie took ill. Eventually she was taken to Cook County Hospital, where she died from sepsis on April 22.  Simka was indicted for Sophie's death, but for reasons I have been unable to determine the case never went to trial.

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