RealChoice: April 1, 1934: One of Six Clustered Victims of Dr. Guy Brewer

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

April 1, 1934: One of Six Clustered Victims of Dr. Guy Brewer

Dr. Guy E. Brewer

Ruby Ford, a 26-year-old homemaker from Ponca City, Oklahoma, died on April 1, 1934, 11 days after an abortion committed on March 20 "at the combination bachelor dwelling and office" of Dr. Guy E. Brewer, a beloved philanthropist in the small town of Graber, Oklahoma.

So popular was Brewer that the husband of one of his six abortion victims was fired from his job in retaliation for reporting the death to the police.

Brewer had graduated from the University of Louisville in 1906 and had been practicing medicine in Garber for 21 of the 29 years he had been a physician. He supported young men during their university studies, maintaining houses for them to live in. Those he had educated over the years rushed immediately to his defense. Though Brewer had spent many long years helping boys and young men, his impact on women's lives was evidently lightning-fast.

I believe that Ruby was the second woman to die under Brewer's dubious care. The first had been Elizabeth Shaw, age 23, who died on May 25, 1928. The other dead patients are:

Hermoine Fowler, a 20-year-old coed, who died Jun 27, 1934
Doris Jones, a 20-year-old mother of two, who died April 11, 1935
Wanda Lee Gray, age 20, who died April 9, 1935
Myrtle Helen Rose, age 21, who died December 23, 1931

During and after the entire case played out, Brewer was lavished with love and support from the boys that he had likely helped with more than just housing, tuition, and books over the years.

Brewer entered guilty pleas and was sentenced to six four-year sentences, to run concurrently, for the six abortion deaths.

Watch Abortion Doctor: The Six Dead Patients of Guy Brewer on YouTube.

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