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Ada Kelplay first woman to graduate from law school in 1870
1871
Great Chicago Fire
Montgomery Ward founded
1872
First Black Police Officer
1873
Financial Panic (through 1879)
May Hulett first woman elected to Illinois Bar
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Case Description
Driver, Mrs. George, shot dead by her husband, who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in Joliet Penitentiary.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
November 30, 1872 |
| Date of death |
November 30, 1872 |
| Time between offense and death |
Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
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| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
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| Method of killing |
Other gun, gun unspecified
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| Weapon |
shot dead
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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 |
Driver, Mrs. George
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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 |
Wife/Husband
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| Related by blood or marriage |
Spouses
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Defendant
| Name |
Driver, Mr. George
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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 |
Spouses (including common law and ever married)
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| Related by blood or marriage |
Spouses
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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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| Arrest made at crime scene |
Yes
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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Legal
| Charges against defendant |
Murder
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| Type of legal decision recorded |
Coroner's verdict only
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| Outcome of trial |
Guilty of murder
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| Sentenced to |
Joliet, Stateville
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| Length of sentence |
Life
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| Allegations of police corruption |
No
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