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Charles Donohue

Case from Baltimore, MD dated May 19, 1902

Victim Details

Charles J. Donohue

Male

Baltimore

MD

1902-05-19

27

Charles

Donohue

07/17/2026

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In the late spring of 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland, a dispute over a mere fifty cents set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in the death of a young police officer. On the evening of Monday, May 19th, Patrolman Charles J. Donohue of the Northwestern Police District was called to 1332 Whatcoat Street to intervene in a domestic argument. Mary Jones had accused her common-law husband, John Prewvines, who also went by the alias Charles Wilson, of taking fifty cents from her under false ...
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    Has anyone looked into the training procedures for police officers at the time? I'm curious to know ... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find the rapid pace of the legal proceedings in Officer Donohue's case a bit striki... ...Read More
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    I came across a detail about Officer Donohue's murder that's got me thinking. I read that his tragic... ...Read More
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