Murder in Hamtramck: Historic Crimes of Passion and Coldblooded Killings

by Greg Kowalski

Overview

Founded in 1798, Hamtramck shrank in size even as it grew in population. Stuffing tens of thousands of people in 2.1 square miles is bound to breed conflict, and many of those conflicts boiled over into murder. Sunday, September 7, 1884, was supposed to be a day of joy for Fritz Krum, whose child was being christened. Instead, it ended in a fatal stabbing. The 1930 killing of police officer Barney Roth in a reputed mob hit drew national attention. The murder of Hamtramck teen Bernice Onisko remains an open case today, more than eighty years after it occurred. Gathering cases from the late nineteenth century to more recent times, prolific local historian Greg Kowalski takes readers on a journey through Hamtramck homicide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540246035
Publisher:	History PR
Publication date:	02/15/2021
Series:	True Crime
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Greg Kowalski spent more than forty years as a journalist reporting for and editing numerous newspapers and magazines--and covering the occasional murder. He is also the executive director of the Hamtramck Historical Museum in Hamtramck. He has written twelve books, ten on Hamtramck.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 The Scene of the Crime 13

2 Early Mayhem 25

3 Just Don't Drink 40

4 The Bloodthirsty '30s 49

5 The Not-So-Fabulous '40s 75

6 Law and Disorder 93

7 Those Not-So-Golden Years 109

8 The Spaced-Out '70s 124

Eulogy 141

About the Author 143