Circumstances

Date of Offense	May 2, 1905
Date of Death	May 2, 1905
Time Between Offense and Death	Within 1 day
Address	at N.W. corner Lake st and Michigan Av.
Type of Location	Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
Type of Public Place	Street, sidewalk or alley
Location Description	at N.W. corner Lake st. and Michigan Av.
Type of Death	Homicide
Type of Homicide	Intentional manslaughter
Characteristics	during a riot betweenunionteamstersandsympathizers
Method of Killing	Beaten with blunt object, struck
Weapon	struck with brick
Motive	struck with brick by unknown man while at riot bet
Description	Labor dispute, strike
Total Number of Victims	1
Location	at N.W. corner Lake st. and Michigan Av.
Number of Defendants	1
Circumstances Related to Civil Unrest	Yes
Related to Organized Crime
Type of Civil Unrest	Riot, brawling crowd

Victim

Name	Beard, Charles
Age	26 years
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, european
Killed While Protecting Person	Protecting self
Name of Hospital Where Victim Was Taken	Mercy Hospital

Defendant

Name	Murphy, Jeff
Gender	Male
Ethnicity	African American
Race	Black
Employed	Yes
Employment Type	Outside labor force (incl. criminals)
Occupation/ Skill	Law Enforcement, Police

Police

Precinct	1
Allegations of Police Corruption	No
Date Defendant Arrested	4-May-05
Location of Arrest	First Prect.
Time Between Crime and Arrest	Days
Total Number of Defendants Arrested	1

Legal

Date of Coroner's Decision	May 4, 1905
Trial Judge	Kersten
Type of Legal Decision Recorded	Coroner, trial
Jury Verdict	Yes
Allegations of Police Corruption	No
Date of Sentence	August 25, 1905
Outcome of Grand Jury Decision	Indictment for non-homicide offense (includes assault with intent to kill)
Outcome of Trial	Acquitted