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Case Description
Lindstrom, Wm. alias Tunyea, - Age 51 - Found dead at 6:50 A.M., 12/7/26, in alley rear of 2118 W. Huron St.; later developed he had been assaulted with a lead 1800 pipe at about 10:30 P.M., 12/6/26, by one Loren Patrick, who confessed he did so at the instance of Lindstrom's common-law wife, with whom he had made a deal to kill Lindstrom so that that she could collect $1000.00 insurance policy, in which she was made beneficiary, if she paid a fine against him of $137.50 for violation of the prohibition law. On 12/30 Patrick was held by the Coroner as principal and Lillian Fraser, alais Lindstrom, alias Tunyea, and Catherine Cassler, were held as accessories. 23 Dist. 6/25/27 Mrs. Fraser and Patrick the actual killed sentenced to Joliet Pen for Life and Mrs. Cassler the "engineer" sentenced to hang 10/21/27 - Judge P. Sullivan. 10/25 stay to 12/29/27 - 10/29/28 - Cassler sentence reversed by Supreme Court. 4/29/29 - Cassler Nolle Prossed - Rush.
Circumstances
| Date of offense |
December 6, 1926 |
| Date of death |
December 6, 1926 |
| Time between offense and death |
Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
|
| Time of day (approx) |
Evening (5:00 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.)
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| Time of day (exact) |
12:20 am
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| Address |
2118 W Huron
|
| Type of location |
Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
|
| Type of public place |
Street, sidewalk or alley
|
| Location description |
in alley rear of address
|
| Type of death |
Homicide
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| Type of homicide |
Intentional murder
|
| Characteristics |
def. Hired by vctms wife in rtrn for paying a fine
|
| Method of killing |
Other beating
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| Weapon |
assaulted with a lead pipe
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| Motive |
Patruick killed Lindstrom at the insteance of Lind
|
| Victim initiated events leading to homicide |
No
|
| Murder/suicide? |
Yes
|
| Circumstances description |
Other
|
| Total number of victims |
1
|
| Total number of defendants |
2
|
| Related to Prohibition? |
Yes
|
| Other related Prohibition indicators |
payment for murder
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Victim
| Name |
Lindstrom, Wm aka Tunyea
|
| Age |
51 years
|
| Gender |
Male
|
| Race |
White
|
| Ethnicity |
English-Anglo
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| Victim/defendant relationship |
Not related by family
|
Defendant
| Name |
Patrick, Loren
|
| Gender |
Male
|
| Race |
White
|
| Ethnicity |
Irish
|
| Defendant/victim relationship |
Stranger
|
Police
| Total number of defendants arrested |
3
|
| Allegations of police corruption |
No
|
Legal
| Date of coroner's decision |
December 30, 1926 |
| Outcome of coroner's judgement |
Defendant held to Grand Jury
|
| Charges against defendant |
Murder
|
| Trial Judge |
Sullivan
|
| Type of legal decision recorded |
Coroner, trial
|
| Outcome of trial |
Guilty, unspecified offense
|
| Date of sentence |
June 25, 1927 |
| Sentenced to |
Joliet, Stateville
|
| Allegations of police corruption |
No
|
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