Case Number: 2405

Tobin, Minnie, 17 years old, knocked down with hammer and trampled to death, 129 N. Halsted St., by her drunken father, John Tobin, who was arrested and sentenced to twenty years in Joliet Penitentiary.


Circumstances

Date of Offense May 8, 1880
Date of Death May 8, 1880
Address 129 N Halsted St.
Type of Location Residence
Location Description 129 N Halsted
Type of Death Homicide
Type of Homicide Intentional murder
Characteristics knocked down with a hammer
Method of Killing Beaten with blunt object, struck
Weapon knocked down with hammer and trampled to death
Description Domestic violence
Total Number of Victims 1
Excessive Violence Excessive or extreme use of force
Location 129 N Halsted
Number of Defendants 1
Related to Organized Crime
Type of Residence Residence (Don't know whose)

Victim

Name tobin, Minnie
Age 17 years
Gender Male
Race White
Ethnicity Other, european
Related by Blood or Marriage Child/Parent

Defendant

Name Tobin, John
Gender Male
Ethnicity Other, european
Race White
Related by Blood or Marriage Parent/Child

Police

Allegations of Police Corruption No
Total Number of Defendants Arrested 1

Legal

Outcome of Coroner's Judgment Murder was cause of death
Charges Against Defendant No
Type of Legal Decision Recorded Coroner, trial
Allegations of Police Corruption No
Length of Sentence 20 years
Sentenced to Joliet, Stateville

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