Case Number: 2561

Williams, James, 40 years old, dock loafer, stabbed to death in front of Mrs. Feeney's saloon, 11 Michigan Av., by John Rohan, 27 years old, another drunken dock loafer, who escaped. Harrison St. Station.


Circumstances

Date of Offense July 21, 1881
Date of Death July 21, 1881
Time Between Offense and Death Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Address 11 Michigan
Type of Location Street, or other non-commercial public place/alley
Type of Public Place Street, sidewalk or alley
Location Description Mrs Feeney's saloon, in front of this establishmen
Type of Death Homicide
Type of Homicide Intentional murder
Method of Killing Other stabbing, stabbing unspecified
Weapon stabbed to death
Description Dispute over money or property, quarrel
Total Number of Victims 1
Location Mrs Feeney's saloon, in front of this establishmen
Number of Defendants 1

Victim

Name Wiliams, James
Age 40 years
Gender Male
Race White
Ethnicity Other, european

Defendant

Name Rohan, John
Age 27 years
Gender Male
Race White

Police

Allegations of Police Corruption No
Total Number of Defendants Arrested 1

Legal

Charges Against Defendant No
Type of Legal Decision Recorded None
Allegations of Police Corruption No

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