Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913  

1910: Wife Murder In Chicago


As in all homicide data sets, for any period and in any country, a significant proportion of all homicides are domestic homicides. The largest part of these domestic homicides involve men killing women who are wives or domestic partners. A small fraction involve wives killing husbands.
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For more information, also see 1889: Murder-Suicide

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