Arrested for Murder
A Fourth of July brawl in St. Louis turns fatal days later, leading to a murder arrest.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readST. LOUIS, July 17.
On the 4th of July Thomas Dunkin and William Frehan had a difficulty in which the former struck the latter three terrible blows on the head with a heavy stone pitcher, fracturing his skull. Frehan died last night from the effects of the blows, and Dunkin was arrested this evening on the charge of murder.
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