Emma Gordon kills Hughdell Sweeney
- Title of event
- Emma Gordon kills Hughdell Sweeney
- Type of event
- Killed
- Address of event
- Emma Gordon kills Hughdell Sweeney Happened Primarily at 213, W 120th St
- Report on event
- Emma Gordon kills Hughdell Sweeney Main report referencing event Hughdell Sweeney against Emma Gordon
- Start date / time
- August 11, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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During a quarrel with her
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During a quarrel with her “common-law husband,” one Hughdell Sweeney, in their West 120th Street apartment, the defendant [Gordon] threw a pan of boiling water over him, “in order to quiet him,” causing injuries that resulted in his death at Harlem Hospital some five days later.