A Chicago Man Fatally Stabbed by a Negro
Chicago, September 3. – Fred Curtis, 28 years old and living at 363 South Clark Street, was fatally stabbed by a Negro named Henry Mivens last night. Curtis was walking with his wife when Mivens passed and made an insulting remark to her, when her husband pushed him into the gutter. The Negro drew a long knife and sprang upon Curtis, stabbing him eight times, five in the back and three in the left side. The wounded man was taken to the county hospital, where the surgeon pronounced the wounds fatal. Mivens was arrested just as he was stepping on a train to leave the city. He is an ex-convict and bears a bad reputation generally.
Times Picayune – September 4, 1890
Transcribed and contributed by: Frances Cooley
