Robert Smythe allegedly kills Lena Smythe
- Title of event
- Robert Smythe allegedly kills Lena Smythe
- Type of event
- Killed
- Address of event
- Robert Smythe allegedly kills Lena Smythe Happened Primarily at 144, W 117th St
- Report on event
- Robert Smythe allegedly kills Lena Smythe Main report referencing event Lena Smythe against Robert Smythe
- Start date / time
- March 26, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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During an altercation with his wife [L. Smythe] in their West 117th Street residence, the defendant [R. Smythe] “did wilfully and feloniously cut and stab her with the blade of a knife... inflicting a stab wound in the left hand, neck and back which caused her death... in Harlem Hospital.”