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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
Rogers, Belle, colored, fatally stabbed at picnic, Willow Springs, by Annie Allen, alias Jones, who was arrested.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
June 9, 1891 |
| Date of death |
June 9, 1891 |
| Time between offense and death |
Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
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| Type of location |
Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
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| Type of public place |
Field or woods
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| Location description |
picnic in Willow Spring
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| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
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| Method of killing |
Knife (butcher knife)
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| Weapon |
fatally stabbed
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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 |
Rogers, Bell
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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 |
Allen, Annie "Jones"
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| Gender |
Female
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
Other, european
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Police
| Total number of defendants arrested |
1
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| Time between crime and arrest |
Less than 1 day
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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Legal
| Charges against defendant |
No charges recorded
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| Type of legal decision recorded |
None
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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