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Dr.
Alice Lindsay WYNEKOOP |
Dr. Alice Wynekoop
Dr. Alice Wynekoop (left) and her son, Earle Wynekoop, both
admitted to killing his wife, Rheta Wynekoop.
Doctor Wynekoop being sworn at the inquest after her daughter-in-law had
been slain.
Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop and her attorney, Frank Tyrrell, in
one of their numerous discussions during her
trial in Chicago for the death of her daughter-in-law. She is
consulted on every move of the defense.
Dr. Alice sits stolidly listening to the verdict that found her
guilty of the murder
of her daughter-in-law, Rheta Wynekoop.
Police Captain Thomas Duffy stands by the operating table on
which Rheta Wynekoop died.
Police Officer Charles Thomas shown
examining the chloroform mask that figured in the case.
(Below) Earl Wynekoop, husband of the
murder victim. He is shown here packing up at the Cook
County Jail
after he was freed of all charges connecting him with his wife's
violent death.
(Above) Burdine Gardner, flour merchant of Indianapolis and father
of Mrs. Rheta Wynekoop,
victim in this sombre tragedy.
(Right) Mrs. Vera Duncan, a neighbor of the
Wynekoop family, probably the last person who saw the
murdered wife
alive.
The clothing of the slain woman, found in the operating room where
she was
killed. These articles played an important part in the
evidence against the chief suspect.
(Below) A remarkable character study
of Doctor Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, a woman of stone ruled
by strange
emotions, who might have stepped from an O'Neill drama.
Miss Enid Hennessey, veteran Chicago teacher, and confidante of
Doctor Alice Wynekoop, in whose
home she had lodged for a decade.
(Above) Miss Priscilla Wittle, the
diminutive red-headed salesgirl who gave information to the
police
in connection with the Wynekoop case.
(Below) Chicago sleuths-Sergeant Walter Kelly (left) and
Lieutenant-Sergeant Stewart Moss
examine the lethal weapon used in
the mysterious operating-room slaying.
(Below) The strange mystery note, one of
the first clues officers uncovered in the shocking crime,
that cast
a sinister and murky glow on this baffling case that set all Chicago
agog.
(Above) Miss Margaret McHale who also co-operated with investigating
officers, as did Miss
Wittle, in helping solve the sensational
mystery.
Drawing giving the floor-plan of the murder
basement in the Wynekoop home, showing
the various points of
interest brought out in the story.
The victim
(Left) Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, the
attractive girl whom death marked for the leading role
in this
ghastly crime drama.
(Below) Death room, showing crimson splotch on
the operating table. Note clothes of slain girl in chair.
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
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