The People v. Wynekoop

Alice L. Wynekoop, who brings her case here by writ of error, was convicted of murder by a jury in the criminal court of Cook county and sentenced to the Women’s Reformatory at Dwight for twenty-five years. She is a widowed physician sixty-three years old 'and the mother of two sons and a daughter. At the time of the homicide she resided in her own property in Chicago. She had office rooms in the basement of her home and was engaged in the active practice of her profession. One of her sons, Earle W. Wynekoop, and his wife, Rheta, lived with her. A school teacher, Enid Plennessey, also…