Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
 
1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s  

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Cases 1 - 10 of 277 case(s) found


October 4, 1878
Race, Officer, Harrison St. Station, shot dead in front of Freiberg's pawnshop, 494 State St., by Johnny Lamb, who was arrested and sentenced to hang. New trial granted and acquitted.
Case number: 1994
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June 12, 1881
Mahoney, Timothy, Officer, Deering St. Station, shot dead by two young burglars at 37th & Halsted St. Wm. Elliott arrested and discharged.
Case number: 2797
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July 25, 1881
Crawley, Daniel, Officer, Desplaines St. Station, fatally shot at Quincy and Desplaines Sts. by "One" Kelly, who was arrested and sentenced to five years in Penitentiary.
Case number: 2798
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August 3, 1881
O'Brien, Patrick, Officer, West 12th St. Station, shot dead at 50 Rebecca St. by Thomas Cahill, a burglar who was arrested and sentenced to Joliet Penitentiary for life.
Case number: 2799
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February 3, 1882
Huebner, _______, Officer, Rawson St. Station, shot dead at Bowman and Paulina Sts., by James Tracy who was arrested, Tried and hanged in Sept. 1882.
Case number: 2800
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November 29, 1882
Wright, Clarence E., Officer, Desplaines St. Station shot dead at 37 West Washington St. by Bill Allen, alias Joe Dealman, a colored desperado.
Case number: 2801
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November 4, 1884
Cuman, William, constable, shot dead, 3d Av. and Harrison St., by Jack Yattors, alias "Black Jack," a deputy U.S. Marshall, who was arrested but finally acquitted. Harrison St. Station.
Case number: 331
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November 11, 1885
O'Brien, M.W., Officer, Desplaines St. Station, fatally shot by Max Bettenberg, an insane shoemaker who attempted suicide by shooting. Sent to Penitentiary.
Case number: 2802
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May 4, 1886
Degan, Officer Mathias J., West Lake St. Station, killed by bomb explosion, Haymarket riot.
Case number: 516
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May 6, 1886
Barnett, Off. John, Desplaines St. Station, fatally wounded, Haymarket riot. Died May 6.
Case number: 97
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