Case Number: 8490
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 |
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Date of Death | December 6, 1926 |
Time Between Offense and Death | Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene |
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 |
Type of Homicide | Intentional murder |
Characteristics | def. Hired by vctms wife in rtrn for paying a fine |
Method of Killing | Other beating |
Weapon | assaulted with a lead pipe |
Motive | Patruick killed Lindstrom at the insteance of Lind |
Victim Initiated Events Leading to Homicide | No |
Description | Other |
Total Number of Victims | 1 |
Location | in alley rear of address |
Number of Defendants | 2 |
Prohibition Related Indicators | payment for murder |
Related to Organized Crime |
Victim
Name | Lindstrom, Wm aka Tunyea |
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Age | 51 years |
Gender | Male |
Race | White |
Ethnicity | English-Anglo |
Defendant
Name | Patrick, Loren |
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Gender | Male |
Ethnicity | Irish |
Race | White |
Police
Allegations of Police Corruption | No |
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Total Number of Defendants Arrested | 3 |
Legal
Date of Coroner's Decision | December 30, 1926 |
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Outcome of Coroner's Judgment | Defendant held to Grand Jury |
Charges Against Defendant | No |
Trial Judge | Sullivan |
Type of Legal Decision Recorded | Coroner, trial |
Allegations of Police Corruption | No |
Date of Sentence | June 25, 1927 |
Outcome of Trial | Guilty, unspecified offense |
Sentenced to | Joliet, Stateville |