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Edward Stanton

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Sep 05, 1908

Victim Details

Railroad Edward B. Stanton

Male

Cleveland

OH

1908-09-05

24

Edward

Stanton

07/05/2026

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Railroad Detective Edward B. Stanton, age 24, was shot and killed on September 5, 1908, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a male of unknown ethnicity. Detective Stanton was killed while attempting to interrupt several men who were trying to break into a boxcar near the Davenport Avenue Station. When he fired a warning shot into the air, one of the men turned around and shot him. He was taken to Lakeside Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds while undergoing surgery.

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