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Mar 17, 2003 · Thomas Fitzgerald, slayer of little Janet Wilkinson, paid his debt to society yesterday. He was hanged in the county jail before the largest crowd that ever witnessed a hanginging in Chicago. At 9:24 a.m. the little man, dressed in black, raised his hat to quiet the crowd in the death chamber and Janet’s slayer walked out upon the platform.
- 1919 Race Riots
July 21—Wingfoot Express | July 22—The Janet Wilkinson...
- Wingfoot Express
July 21—Wingfoot Express | July 22—The Janet Wilkinson...
- 1919 Race Riots
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In a case with familiar echoes down the century, neighbours hurried to police headquarters when six-year-old Janet Wilkinson vanished from her Rush Street, Chicago, home on July 22nd, 1919. Tom Fitzgerald has taken her!
Wilkinson, Jannet - Age 6 - Choked to death and body hidden under coal in basement of 114 E. Superior St., by Thomas Fitzgerald, who, on 7/28 was held by the Coroner. 28 Pct. 9/23/19 - Sentenced to hang 10/17/19 - Crowe. 10/17/19 - Hanged at County Jail.
- 114 E. Superior st.
- in basement
- July 27, 1919
- Residence
May 16, 2012 · Chicago Disasters: Little Girl Lost. A missing person report for a six-year old girl, Janet Wilkinson, was issued to the Chicago police on July 22nd. Searches for the little girl took place through the work of citizens and of the police. Evidence pointed at a neighbor of the family, Thomas Fitzgerald. He had been arrested before about annoying ...
- 1913
- Jul. 22, 1919
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Chicago. — Thomas Fitzgerald, 39 years old and married, has confessed to the police that he killed little Janet Wilkinson, 6 years old, a neighbor's child, last Tuesday, July 22, by strangling her.
