Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879  

1876: The Stabbed Sailor (cont)


Chicago was a central port, and the shipping trade was a major industry.

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If a person without identification was killed, the family might not hear the news for years. The population of homeless persons, and especially homeless boys, had many runaways who came to the city to seek work and had not informed their families of their destination (1000 Homeless Men).