Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love allegedly kill Leo Adamson
- Title of event
- Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love allegedly kill Leo Adamson
- Type of event
- Killed
- Address of event
- Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love allegedly kill Leo Adamson Happened Primarily at 213, W 140th St
- Report on event
- Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love allegedly kill Leo Adamson Main report referencing event Leo Adamson against Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love
- Adrian Sterling, Joseph Hall, Claude McClean and Lendon Love allegedly kill Leo Adamson [ Killed, id 10729 ] Sole event referenced by Four Men Held For Fatal Stabbing in Lover's Row 65646)
- Start date / time
- April 7, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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The defendants [Sterling, Hall, McClean, Love], while acting in concert with one other not arrested, cut and stabbed one Leo Adamson “about the abdomen” in the basement of premises on West 140th Street, causing his death. The NY Age reports that Adamson talking to girl on W141st and 7th Ave, became abusive and hit her. She screamed, attracting the 4 men, who chased him to basement, stabbed him and left him.