He was a foreman of a WPA Project and dismissed two employees for leaving work early. They entered the Calumet City Hall and beat and kicked him to death. This was done in front of witnesses who were also threatened if they interfered.
He was the son of Charles E. Cummings and Elizabeth L. Boyd. He came to Chicago by 1910 and in 1917 registered for the WWI Draft and said he had spent 3 years as a private in the Pennsylvania National Guard. His wife was named Josephine.
Both men were held at the Homewood County Highway Police Station where an inquest was held holding them over to the Grand Jury for murder.
He is buried with his mother who died in 1924.
He was the son of Charles E. Cummings and Elizabeth L. Boyd. He came to Chicago by 1910 and in 1917 registered for the WWI Draft and said he had spent 3 years as a private in the Pennsylvania National Guard. His wife was named Josephine.
Both men were held at the Homewood County Highway Police Station where an inquest was held holding them over to the Grand Jury for murder.
He is buried with his mother who died in 1924.
He was a foreman of a WPA Project and dismissed two employees for leaving work early. They entered the Calumet City Hall and beat and kicked him to death. This was done in front of witnesses who were also threatened if they interfered.
He was the son of Charles E. Cummings and Elizabeth L. Boyd. He came to Chicago by 1910 and in 1917 registered for the WWI Draft and said he had spent 3 years as a private in the Pennsylvania National Guard. His wife was named Josephine.
Both men were held at the Homewood County Highway Police Station where an inquest was held holding them over to the Grand Jury for murder.
He is buried with his mother who died in 1924.
He was the son of Charles E. Cummings and Elizabeth L. Boyd. He came to Chicago by 1910 and in 1917 registered for the WWI Draft and said he had spent 3 years as a private in the Pennsylvania National Guard. His wife was named Josephine.
Both men were held at the Homewood County Highway Police Station where an inquest was held holding them over to the Grand Jury for murder.
He is buried with his mother who died in 1924.
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