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Pauline Plotka, 25, in 1918. Plotka, a dress designer, shot and killed her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Dr. Anton Jindra, in the interns quarters of Cook County Hospital on February 15, 1918. Plotka wanted Jindra to promise to marry her and when he wouldn't, she shot him with a pearl-handled revolver. He implicated her before he died at the hospital. Plotka took laudanum after shooting Jindra, a potent narcotic, that caused her to become comatose and require medical attention. Charged with the murder, Plotka continually collapsed during the trial. She was acquitted June 27, 1918. (Photo by Chicago Tribune Historical Photo)
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