EPISODE 19: Close to the Chest
In this week's episode Kate and Paul go to 1889 Pittsburgh where a well-known Black restaurant owner is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. A revolver is found on a table next to several empty beer bottles and two female suspects claim to know nothing. Was he murdered?
Sources:
“A mystery in Pittsburgh” (Murder by Gaslight) February 6, 2016
http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2016/02/a-mystery-in-pittsburgh.html
“Black migration making great impact on Pittsburgh region” by Chuck Biedka (Trib Live) 2019.“
“Blacks help drive steel revolution in Pittsburgh” by Leigh Remizowski (The Pitts News) 2006.
https://pittnews.com/article/30520/archives/blacks-help-drive-steel-revolution-in-pittsburgh/
“The Great Migration” (History) August 30, 2022.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration
“Two Coming Murder Trials” (The Pittsburgh Dispatch) June 25, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/76229375/?terms=%22albert%20davis%22%20caroline&match=1
“The East End. Tragedy” (Pittsburgh Dispatch) January 9, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/76224795/?terms=Cable%20W.%20Nicholas&match=1
“Said to have Suicided” Pittsburgh Daily Post July 3, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/86429406/?terms=%22albert%20davis%22%20%22carrie%22&match=1
“Carrie Davis Breaks Down” (The Pittsburgh Press) January 9, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/141315582/?terms=%22albert%20davis%22&match=1
“Probably a Murder” (The Daily City News) January 9, 1889
“Committed for Murder” (Pittsburgh Daily Post) January 10, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/86392297/?terms=%22albert%20davis%22&match=1
“In the Criminal Court: Mrs. Davis Gets a 10-Year Sentence – Other Cases Disposed Of” (Pittsburgh Dispatch) July 7, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/76229774/?terms=%22In%20the%20Criminal%20Court%22&match=1
“Shot By His Paramour” (The Saint Paul Globe) January 9, 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/81043323/?terms=Cable%20W.%20Nicholas&match=1
“Inquest” (Cornell Law School)