Harry Schwartz

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1886
Year Convicted:	1886
Year Cleared:	1898
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Grundy
City of Crime:	Morris
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Harry Schwartz and Newton Watt were codefendants. Both men were convicted of the March 12, 1886 murder and robbery of Kellogg Nichols on a Rock Island Express train traveling from Chicago and Davenport, Illinois. Nichols had $22,500 in cash on him. Both Watt and Harry Schwartz were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Watt died in prison in March 19, 1889. In 1898 Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld pardoned Schwartz."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"True detective stories from the archives of the Pinkertons," by Cleveland Moffett, G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers (New York 1897), p. 121"
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Harry Schwartz

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1886

Year Convicted:

1886

Year Cleared:

1898

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Grundy

City of Crime:

Morris

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In 1898 Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld pardoned Schwartz.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"True detective stories from the archives of the Pinkertons," by Cleveland Moffett, G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers (New York 1897), p. 121"

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http://www.archive.org/stream/truedetectivesto00moffrich/truedetectivesto00moffrich_djvu.txt

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