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1890
Sears Roebuck moves to Chicago
1891
Chicago Symphony founded
City Population doubles: Total population reaches 1,215,000
Provident Hospital, Chicago’s First Black Civic Institution, founded
1893
American Railroad Union founded
Financial panic and economic depression
Mayor Carter Harrison assassinated
World Columbian Exposition
1894
Ida Platt, first Black woman admitted to the Bar
Louis Sullivan builds the Chicago Stock Exchange
Pullman Strike and Great Northern Railroad Strike
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Case Description
Madigan, William F., shot dead 2933 Cottage Grove Av., by Louis Powers, who was arrested and sentenced July 8, 1892, by Judge Hawes, to twenty years in the Joliet Penitentiary.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
April 22, 1892 |
| Date of death |
April 22, 1892 |
| Address |
2933 Cottage Grove Ave.
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| Location description |
2933 Cottage Grove Ave.
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| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
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| Method of killing |
Other gun, gun unspecified
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| Weapon |
shot dead
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| Murder/suicide? |
Yes
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| Total number of victims |
1
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| Total number of defendants |
1
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| Related to Prohibition? |
Yes
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Victim
| Name |
Madigan, William F.
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
Other, european
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Defendant
| Name |
Powers, Louis
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
White
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Police
| Total number of defendants arrested |
1
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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Legal
| Charges against defendant |
Murder
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| Trial Judge |
Hayes
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| Type of legal decision recorded |
Coroner, trial
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| Outcome of trial |
Guilty, unspecified offense
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| Sentenced to |
Joliet, Stateville
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| Length of sentence |
20 years
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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