Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey
- Title of event
- Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey
- Type of event
- Stabbing
- Persons involved
- Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey Alleged offender Cheney, Perry
- Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey Alleged victim Torpey, John
- Address of event
- Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey Happened Primarily at W 145th St & 8th Ave
- Report on event
- Dr Perry Cheney stabs John Torpey Main report referencing event Harlem Doctor, Defending Himself from Corner Gang, Inflicts Serious Wound on Man Who Struck Him
- Start date / time
- December 26, 1926
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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Cheney and Pincus collide. While swapping license numbers, Pincus curses Cheney, and a fight begins. Several white man join the fight, including John Torpey; only one black man came to Cheney's aid. During the fight Cheney stabbed Torpey with a pocket knife. After a trial in 1927, he was convicted of assault and sentenced to a term of 18 months to three years in Sing Sing Prison