June 17, 1913: Doc Implicated but Never Prosecuted

On June 17, 1913, 36-year-old homemaker Freda Englehard died in Chicago, at the scene of an abortion reportedly perpetrated that day by Dr. Joseph A. Meeks. Meeks was held for murder, and Mrs. Mollie Flaherty was held as an accessory, but the case never went to trial.

Sources: Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database; Illinois death records