Grenfeld Gopaul Arrested For the Murder of Katie Johnson
- Title of event
- Grenfeld Gopaul Arrested For the Murder of Katie Johnson
- Type of event
- Arrest
- Address of event
- Grenfeld Gopaul Arrested For the Murder of Katie Johnson Happened Entirely at 2446, 7th Ave
- Report on event
- Grenfeld Gopaul Arrested For the Murder of Katie Johnson Sole event referenced by Judge Frees Suspect In Murder Case
- Start date / time
- September 30, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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The defendant [Gopaul] was arrested by police at his Seventh Avenue residence in response to a confession made by the deceased's employee, Frederick Gibbs, who stated that the two men had killed the elderly woman while on a car trip to the beach. Gibbs later claimed that the confession was the result of four hours of "severe beating[s]" by the arresting officers. following the murder of his employer, Katie Johnson. It was alleged that he