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Case Description

Tobin, Minnie, 17 years old, knocked down with hammer and trampled to death, 129 N. Halsted St., by her drunken father, John Tobin, who was arrested and sentenced to twenty years in Joliet Penitentiary.

Case Number

2405

Circumstances

Date of offense	May 8, 1880
Date of death	May 8, 1880
Address	129 N Halsted St.
Type of location	Residence
Type of residence	Residence (Don’t know whose)
Location description	129 N Halsted
Type of death	Homicide
Type of homicide	Intentional murder
Characteristics	knocked down with a hammer
Method of killing	Beaten with blunt object, struck
Weapon	knocked down with hammer and trampled to death
Excessive violence	Excessive or extreme use of force
Murder/suicide?	Yes
Circumstances description	Domestic violence
Total number of victims	1
Total number of defendants	1
Alcohol related?	One or more defendants was drinking/drunk
Related to Prohibition?	Yes

Victim

Name	tobin, Minnie
Age	17 years
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, european
Victim/defendant relationship	Child/Parent
Related by blood or marriage	Child/Parent

Defendant

Name	Tobin, John
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, european
Defendant/victim relationship	Family (include in laws, multi-generations, step relations)
Related by blood or marriage	Parent/Child

Police

Total number of defendants arrested	1
Allegations of police corruption	No

Legal

Outcome of coroner's judgement	Murder was cause of death
Charges against defendant	Murder
Type of legal decision recorded	Coroner, trial
Sentenced to	Joliet, Stateville
Length of sentence	20 years
Allegations of police corruption	No

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