Case Number: 10982

Smith, Gertrude � Age 24 � Colored � Shot to death at 12:10 AM, 6/6/28, at home, 1st Apt., 4437 Calumet Ave., by her husband, Beacham A. Smith, who then shot and killed himself. 5 Dist.


Circumstances

Date of Offense June 6, 1928
Date of Death June 6, 1928
Time Between Offense and Death Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Address 4437 Calumet ave.
Type of Location Residence
Location Description home, 1st apt.
Type of Death Homicide
Type of Homicide Suicide
Characteristics murder - suicide domestic violence
Method of Killing Other gun, gun unspecified
Weapon shot to death
Motive victim shot by husband who then shot & killed hims
Victim Initiated Events Leading to Homicide No
Description Suicide
Total Number of Victims 1
Location home, 1st apt.
Related to Organized Crime
Type of Residence Residence of both victim and defendant

Victim

Name Smith, Gertrude
Age 24 years
Gender Female
Race Black
Ethnicity African American
Related by Blood or Marriage Spouses

Defendant

Name Smith, Beacham A.
Gender Male
Ethnicity African American
Race Black

Police

Precinct 38
Allegations of Police Corruption No
Defendant Identified at Scene Defendant identified by someone else at scene

Legal

Allegations of Police Corruption No

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