Case Number: 10460

Large, Ed - Age 49 - Colored - Stabbed to death at 8:10 AM, 9/9/29, at 51st and Dearborn Sts., during a drunken quarrel with Atlas Terrell, also colored, who was held by the Coroner 9/10/29. 5 Dist. 12/21/29 - 20 yrs. Joliet Pen. - Kerner.


Circumstances

Date of Offense September 9, 1929
Date of Death September 9, 1929
Time Between Offense and Death Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Address 51st and Dearborn st.
Type of Location Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
Type of Public Place Street, sidewalk or alley
Type of Death Homicide
Type of Homicide Intentional manslaughter
Characteristics drunken quarrel
Method of Killing Other stabbing, stabbing unspecified
Weapon stabbed to death
Victim Initiated Events Leading to Homicide No
Description Dispute over money or property, quarrel
Total Number of Victims 1
Number of Defendants 1
Related to Organized Crime

Victim

Name Large, Ed
Age 49 years
Gender Male
Race Black
Ethnicity African American

Defendant

Name Atlas, Terrell
Gender Male
Ethnicity African American
Race Black

Police

Precinct 5
Allegations of Police Corruption No
Defendant Identified at Scene No
Total Number of Defendants Arrested 1

Legal

Date of Coroner's Decision September 10, 1929
Outcome of Coroner's Judgment Defendant held to Grand Jury
Charges Against Defendant No
Trial Judge Kerner
Type of Legal Decision Recorded Coroner, trial
Allegations of Police Corruption No
Date of Sentence December 21, 1929
Length of Sentence 20 years
Sentenced to Joliet, Stateville

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