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Held for Jury on 
Operation Charge 

  Mrs. Estelle Irwin, 43-year-old 
housewife, of 78 Prospect Av., Ba-
yonne, who, police say, admitted 
the allegation made by the mother 
of five children tfiat the defendant 
performed a criminal operation 
upon her, was held without bail 
pending action by • the grand 
jury following arraignment in Bayonne 
Police Court yesterday. 
  Immediately after the testimony 
of Detective Sergt. Thomas War-
nock, one of the arresting officers, 
was heard, Recorder James L. 
Sweeney bound Mrs. Irwin over for 
grand jury action in $2,500 bail on 
the charge of criminal abortion. 
While friends of the woman were 
trying to raise bail, word came 
from Hoboken that the plaintiff 
suddenly took a turn for the worse 
at St. Mary's Hospital, where she 
is confined. It was then decided to 
let the Hudson County Prosecutor's 
Office fix the amount of bail. 
  Mrs. Irwin was placed under ar-
rest late Tuesday afternoon by 
Warnock and Acting Detective 
Frank McGeehan following in-
formation forwarded by the Hobo-
ken police who said Mrs. Johanna 
Lindsey, 40, of 68 Washington St., 
was severely ill and that she had 
named a woman known to her only 
as "Estelle" as having performed 
an operation upon her. She said 
a girl friend had brought her to
"Estelle's" home in Bayonne. After 
several hours of search, the detec-
tives took Mrs. Estelle Irwin in 
custody and, after much grilling, 
succeeded in obtaining an admis-
sion that the Hoboken woman had 
visited her, although she at first 
made vehement denial of the ac-cusation, 
they say. 

Summary

Estelle Burke 16 Nov 1944