Mrs. Marjorie Luensman, age 27, died in Chicago in 1929 after an abortion believed to have been perpetrated by midwife Mary Rottmann, age 50.
Rottmann was held in jail pending a Grand Jury hearing.
Sources:
- “Midwife Held on Murder Charge After Operation,” Chicago Tribune, June 2, 1929
- Cook County death record
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