The last survivor of the Miller family, she had a fortune of $13,000 (over $420,000 in 2023) which she had given over to 26-year-old Fred at their marriage four months earlier.
Police believed that Fred, a 26-year-old druggist, had intended his wife's death in order to have free use of the money.
Winkleman was arrested and freed on $5,000 bail.
The scant news coverage seems to indicate that Fred had perpetrated the abortion himself. A headline in the Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, "Poisoned His Bride," is the only indication of the means of the abortion. I've also been unable to determine whether he was ever prosecuted.
Sources:
- "Arrested For a Heinous Crime," (Fulton County, OH) Democratic Expositor, July 29, 1886
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