Bio & Incident Details
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Tour: Not available
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Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 2/3/1887
Weapon: Blunt object
Suspect: Caught and hanged
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Detective Hulligan was killed after being struck on the head with a coupling pin by three suspects attempting to free their gang-member. Detective Hulligan and another officer were extraditing the prisoner from Pittsburgh and were aboard a train when the incident took place. One of the suspects was arrested and hanged for the murder.
On June 27, 1887, one of the gang members who murdered Detective Hulligan shot and mortally wounded Sheriff Charles Lynch, of the Alpena County, Michigan, Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Lynch was shot while attempting to arrest the suspect for Detective Hulligan's murder. The sheriff died from his wounds on August 17, 1887. The suspect was also fatally wounded in the shootout.
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