Chicago, Ill. (1916)
[Redacted] “colored religious fanatic," and his wife opened
fire from their home with “a high-powered rifle,” killing one man and two women
(one pregnant) and wounding another woman (picked apparently at random). Police backed by 200 armed citizens were
unable to pick them off; incident ended by dynamiting house.
Category: public
Suicide: Not exactly
Cause: likely cultic; murderer’s walls proclaimed him “King
of the Negroes” who were all of his victims.
Weapon: rifle[1]
[1] “Maniac
Kills Five—Barricades Home—Fights Police for Hours—Dynamite Finally Brings
Battle to End,” The Day Book [Chicago,
Ill.], Jul. 18, 1916, 3.
Is that typical media reporting even back then, to add the killer(s) death(s) to the killed count?
ReplyDeleteDynamiting the house: How very John Waynish. Occurred during WW1 which is why there were no armored vehicles employed. In those days a high powered rife was a new fangled bolt action.
ReplyDeleteIn early 19th century mass murder accounts, the suicide is often referred to as self-murder, so there is a logic to that.
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