Mrs. WegenerabortionistsfemaleAn inquest was held September 8, 1887 investigating the death of Mrs. Rosina Doerr, who had died the previous Monday at her home on Sanchez Street. The doctors concluded that a surgical abortion had been performed.

Phillip, Rosina’s husband, said that he’d suspected an abortion and asked his wife, and she’d said she’d gone to a midwife, Mrs. Wegener of Mission Street, for the abortion.