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Petzel, Charles, Age 31 - Fatally assaulted 11/27/15 by several men at N.W. Cor. Elston and Armitage Aves., 11/29/15 Ges. Natzke held to G.J. by the Coroner. 35th Pct. 4/1/16 to Joliet Pen. - Brothers.

Case Number

4753

Circumstances

Date of offense	November 27, 1915
Date of death	November 27, 1915
Time between offense and death	Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Address	Elston and Armitage
Type of location	Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
Type of public place	Street, sidewalk or alley
Location description	NW corner of address
Type of death	Manslaughter
Type of manslaughter	Unintentional killing, other
Murder/suicide?	Yes
Total number of victims	1
Total number of defendants	1
Related to Prohibition?	Yes

Victim

Name	Petzel, Charles
Age	31 years
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, eastern european
Victim/defendant relationship	Not related by family

Defendant

Name	Natzke, Ges
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	German
Defendant/victim relationship	Relationship Unknown

Police

Precinct	35
Date defendant arrested	November 29, 1915
Total number of defendants arrested	1
Defendant ID'd at scene	No
Time between crime and arrest	Days
Arrest made at crime scene	Yes
Allegations of police corruption	No

Legal

Date of coroner's decision	November 29, 1915
Outcome of coroner's judgement	Defendant held to Grand Jury
Trial Judge	Brothers
Jury verdict	Yes
Type of legal decision recorded	Coroner, trial
Outcome of trial	Guilty, unspecified offense
Outcome of Grand Jury decision	Indictment, other homicide, homicide unspecified
Date of sentence	April 1, 1916
Sentenced to	Joliet, Stateville
Allegations of police corruption	No

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