| Viola Parr, Illegal Abortion Death | |
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On February 20, 1919, W. G. Waters and M. T. Summerlin performed an abortion on Viola Parr with instruments of some sort, causing her death. I have been unable to determine what professions Waters and Summerlin pursued when they weren't acting as abortionists. Viola's abortion was unusual in that it was apparently performed by an amateur, rather than by a doctor, as was the case with perhaps 90% of criminal abortions.
Source: 41 Ga.App. 268, 152 S.E. 619 Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 1. Wilbanks v. State No. 20148.March 5, 1930
