Case Number: 421

Comiskey, Michael, fatally stabbed by John Preston(an.) Franklin Park.


Circumstances

Date of Offense February 15, 1903
Date of Death February 15, 1903
Address Franklin Park
Location Description Franklin Park
Type of Death Homicide
Type of Homicide Intentional murder
Characteristics Year: Feb. 1903
Method of Killing Other stabbing, stabbing unspecified
Weapon fatally stabbed
Total Number of Victims 1
Location Franklin Park
Related to Organized Crime

Victim

Name Comiskey
Gender Male
Race White
Ethnicity Other, european

Defendant

Name Preston, John
Gender Male
Ethnicity Other, european
Race White

Police

Allegations of Police Corruption No

Legal

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

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