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1900
Chicago has Longest Cable Car Lines and Street Car Lines in the World
1904
Justice of the Peace System abolished
1905
Mayor cleans up Old Custom House; over 200 houses of prostitution closed
Municipal Court of Chicago created
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Case Description
Bartholin, Mrs. Anna, body found buried in basement of home, 4310 Calumet Av., She had been missing since July 8. Murdered by strangulation. Milliam Bartholin, her son, who is supposed to have murdered her and Miss Minnie Mitchell, missing. Oscar Thompson, alias Eisburg, and "Dad" Claffy arrested for complicity and held by the Coroner's Jury. William Bartholin found dead, suicide by shooting, near Riceville, Iowa, Sept. 7, 1902. Thompson and Claffy acquitted.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
July 8, 1902 |
| Date of death |
August 9, 1902 |
| Address |
4310 Calumet Av.
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| Type of location |
Residence
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| Type of residence |
Residence of both victim and defendant
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| Location description |
basement of home
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| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
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| Method of killing |
Strangled
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| Weapon |
murdered by strangulation
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| Murder/suicide? |
Yes
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| Circumstances description |
Domestic violence
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| Total number of victims |
2
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| Total number of defendants |
1
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| Related to Prohibition? |
Yes
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Victim
| Name |
Bartholin, Anna
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| Gender |
Female
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
Other, european
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| Victim/defendant relationship |
Parent/Child
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| Related by blood or marriage |
Parent/Child
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Defendant
| Name |
Bartholin, William
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
Other, european
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| Defendant/victim relationship |
Family (include in laws, multi-generations, step relations)
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| Related by blood or marriage |
Child/Parent
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Police
| Total number of defendants arrested |
2
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| Defendant ID'd at scene |
No
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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Legal
| Charges against defendant |
Murder
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| Jury verdict |
Yes
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| Type of legal decision recorded |
Coroner, grand jury, trial, and post conviction
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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