Clarence Hammond Fatally Stabs Harold Miller
- Title of event
- Clarence Hammond Fatally Stabs Harold Miller
- Type of event
- Killed
- Address of event
- Clarence Hammond Fatally Stabs Harold Miller Happened Entirely at 252, W 128th St
- Report on event
- Clarence Hammond Fatally Stabs Harold Miller Sole event referenced by Towel Argument Causes Slaying
- Start date / time
- August 2, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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"A quarrel over a dirty towel resulted in the fatal stabbing of Harold Miller, 22, of 258 West 128th Street, in front of his residence last Friday night. Miller died at Harlem Hospital the following noon. Clarence Hammond, a former friend of the deceased... accused Miller of taking a towel which he left hanging in a washstand in his room. The ensuing quarrel ended abruptly when Hammond drew his knife."