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The note Ruth Steinhagen, 19, wrote to lure baseball player Eddie Waitkus to her hotel room, where she then shot him. The note was delivered to Waitkus by a bellboy.

The note Ruth Steinhagen, 19, wrote to lure baseball player Eddie Waitkus to her hotel room, where she then shot him. The note was delivered to Waitkus by a bellboy.  (ACME / Chicago Tribune archive)

Ruth Steinhagen, second from left, faces the bench in Chicago Felony Court during her arraignment on June 30, 1949, on charges of assault with intent to kill baseball star Eddie Waitkus, who is sitting in the wheelchair at the right. Within a day, the 19-year-old woman was indicted by a grand jury, found insane by a jury and committed to a state hospital.

Ruth Steinhagen, second from left, faces the bench in Chicago Felony Court during her arraignment on June 30, 1949, on charges of assault with intent to kill baseball star Eddie Waitkus, who is sitting in the wheelchair at the right. Within a day, the 19-year-old woman was indicted by a grand jury, found insane by a jury and committed to a state hospital.  (ACME Photo / Chicago Tribune archive photo)

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