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Haymarket Riot: 7 Police Killed; Anti-unionist sentiment rises.
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
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Case Description
Shirkhoffer, Mathew, fatally injured, thrown from scaffold, Stearn's lime works, by Henry Schuman, who was arrested.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
February 26, 1888 |
| Date of death |
February 26, 1888 |
| Time between offense and death |
Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
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| Type of location |
Place of business
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| Type of business |
Other place of business
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| Location description |
thrown from scaffold, stearn's lime works
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| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
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| Method of killing |
Thrown from a high place
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| Weapon |
thrown from scafford
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| Murder/suicide? |
Yes
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| Total number of victims |
1
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| Related to Prohibition? |
Yes
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Victim
| Name |
Shirkhoffer, Matthew
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
Other, european
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| Employed |
Yes
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| Employment Type |
Employed, skilled (butcher, electrician, cab drivers, street car, etc.)
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| Occupational skill |
Metal/iron worker, machinist
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| Victim/defendant relationship |
Not related by family
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Defendant
| Name |
Schuman, Henry
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| Gender |
Male
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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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| 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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