Betty Druyanov murdered
- Title of event
- Betty Druyanov murdered
- Type of event
- Killed
- Race of subject of action
- White
- Address of event
- Betty Druyanov murdered Happened Primarily at 218, W 112th St
- Report on event
- Betty Druyanov murdered Main report referencing event Betty Druyanov against Marshaneil Smith
- Betty Druyanov murdered Event secondarily referenced by 5 Killed As Crime Wave Hits Harlem
- Start date / time
- July 28, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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Upon investigating a reported homicide at 218 West 112th Street, a police officer found one Betty Druyanov stabbed to death inside said premises. [Marshaneil Smith arrested for murder. ]Witnesses placed the defendant [Smith], who lived with the deceased, at the scene of the attack. Both the defendant and the deceased had used the room for “the purposes of prostitution.” But no evidence that Smith had committed crime; only that she discovered it and did not immediately report.