Horace Fowler allegedly loots a clothing store
- Title of event
- Horace Fowler allegedly loots a clothing store
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Looting
- Persons involved
- Horace Fowler allegedly loots a clothing store Alleged offender Fowler, Horace (1903)
- Race of actor
- Black
- Address of event
- Horace Fowler allegedly loots a clothing store Happened Primarily at 2063, 7th Ave
- Report on event
- Horace Fowler allegedly loots a clothing store Main report referencing event Nicholas Peet against Horace Fowler
- Start date / time
- March 20, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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Police officer saw Fowler throw a missile through the store window, breaking it, and then reach in and steal a man's suit and a lady's coat, after which he arrested him. Fowler admitted stealing the property, but denied breaking the window.
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The defendant [Fowler] was witnessed by a police officer “break[ing] the window,” of the deponent's clothing store, “with a club and insert his hand and steal [a ladies' coat and gents' suit, valued at around $25].”