John Boyd allegedly robs William H. Brown
- Title of event
- John Boyd allegedly robs William H. Brown
- Type of event
- Robbery_individual
- Race of actor
- Black
- Race of subject of action
- White
- Address of event
- John Boyd allegedly robs William H. Brown Happened Primarily at 222, W 144th St
- Report on event
- John Boyd allegedly robs William H. Brown Main report referencing event William H. Brown against John Boyd
- Start date / time
- August 25, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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While walking east on West 144th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, the deponent [Brown] “heard someone whistle,” and upon turning around “[an] unknown [man] told the deponent that he had dropped something.” At that point, the defendant [Boyd] and the unknown man “grabbed hold of deponent and rushed him into the hallway of… 222 West 144th Street,” where they pointed a revolver at him and ordered him to the top floor of said building, before robbing him of the contents of his wallet [$7.80].