Patrick Hogan

Patrick Hogan was struck over the eye with a hatchet at a small house on the edge of Shawneetown, Illinois, on a bitterly cold Saturday night in January 1883. He collapsed near a gate from blood loss and cold, was found early Sunday and placed in the city calaboose, where he died later that morning. An inquest jury found he died from a stroke with a sharp instrument at the hands of a person unknown. A man named Porter Holmes, who said he acted to defend his home, was held in jail over the blow.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The inquest jury found he died from a stroke caused by a sharp instrument, struck by a person unknown, and Porter Holmes was held in jail over the blow.

Reported by: inquest jury.

Source

• The Sun, January 25, 1883, page 1 The Sun, January 25, 1883