Before her death at Illinois Masonic Hospital on February 17, 1929, Mrs. Gladys Schaeffer said that a midwife named Emma Schulz had performed an abortion on her on February 12.
Gladys was a married woman, 23 years old.
When police went to arrest Schulz, she took poison in a suicide attempt. Police took her to Belmont Hospital.
According to Grok, Schulz survived and the case was dropped.
Source:
- "Woman Accused in Girl's Death Tries Suicide," Chicago Daily Tribune, February 18, 1929
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