Herbert Patterson stabs and kills James Taylor
- Title of event
- Herbert Patterson stabs and kills James Taylor
- Type of event
- Killed
- Address of event
- Herbert Patterson stabs and kills James Taylor Happened Primarily at 12, W 135th St
- Report on event
- Herbert Patterson stabs and kills James Taylor Main report referencing event James Taylor against Herbert Patterson
- Start date / time
- January 19, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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The defendant [Patterson] engaged in an altercation with the deceased [Taylor]
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The defendant [Patterson] engaged in an altercation with the deceased [Taylor]– “over Taylor's wife” - outside a West 135th Street building, during which he was witnessed stabbing the deponent in the neck and back, inflicting injuries that caused his death in hospital two hours later. The defendant was later arrested in possession of a blood stained knife.