William Simpson and Leonard Russell burglarize the apartment of Peter Peterson
- Title of event
- William Simpson and Leonard Russell burglarize the apartment of Peter Peterson
- Type of event
- Burglary (residence)
- Address of event
- William Simpson and Leonard Russell burglarize the apartment of Peter Peterson Happened Primarily at 317, Lenox Ave
- Report on event
- William Simpson and Leonard Russell burglarize the apartment of Peter Peterson Main report referencing event Peter Peterson against William Simpson and Leonard Russell
- Start date / time
- June 25, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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While in his Lenox Avenue apartment, the deponent [Peterson]
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While in his Lenox Avenue apartment, the deponent [Peterson] “heard a noise at the door,” which he had locked, “[of] someone breaking [it open] with some instrument.” The door was “thereupon broken open and someone was at the threshold.” A police officer witnessed the two defendants [Simpson, Russell] fleeing down the stairs, during which defendant Russell dropped a “jimmy.”