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1878
Working Women’s Union No. 1: First Women’s Labor organization in Chicago founded
1879
Art Institute founded
1881
Pullman City opens: Company Town, with 8,000 residents
1883
Standardized national railroad time introduced in Chicago
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Case Description
Bross, Richard, col'd, 45 yrs., fatally shot, 396 S. Clark St., by John Orr, a white man, who was arrested. Harrison St. Station.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
August 28, 1880 |
| Date of death |
August 28, 1880 |
| Address |
396 S. Clark st.
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| Type of location |
Residence
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| Type of residence |
Residence (Don’t know whose)
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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 |
fatally shot
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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 |
Bross, Richard
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| Age |
45 years
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
Black
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| Ethnicity |
African American
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| Victim/defendant relationship |
Not related by family
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Defendant
| Name |
Orr, John
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| Gender |
Male
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| Race |
White
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| Ethnicity |
English-Anglo
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| Defendant/victim relationship |
Relationship Unknown
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Police
| Date defendant arrested |
August 28, 1880 |
| Total number of defendants arrested |
1
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| Defendant ID'd at scene |
No
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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 |
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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