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Cornelius O'Leary (1858)

Cornelius "Puggy" O'Leary
Born in Illinois, United Statesmap
Son of and
Brother of , , and
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Biography

Cornelius O'Leary has Irish ancestors.

Cornelius was the son of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary. The Great Chicago Fire started in the family's barn behind 137 DeKoven Street.

In 1880, he was a prisoner at the House of Correction in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.[1]

Around 1883, Kate Snyder (also known as Kate Campbell) gave birth to a child that was said to have been fathered by Cornelius. The child died in infancy.[2]

On 23 August 1885 in Lake, Cook County, Illinois, Cornelius shot Kate Snyder and his sister Mary (O'Leary) Scully.[3] Kate died, and Mary was taken to the County Hospital in Chicago,[4] where she died on 24 August 1885.[5] On 22 September 1885, Cornelius was captured in Kansas City.[6] He was brought back to Chicago on 27 September 1885.[7][8] He claimed not to know anything about the murder.[9] On 24 December 1885, he pleaded guilty to double murder.[10] He was sentenced to forty years in prison,[11][12] which could be reduced to twenty years on good behavior.[13] He was taken to the penitentiary in Joliet, Will County, Illinois on 7 January 1886.[14] He was taken to an insane asylum[15][16] on 2 December 1889.[17]

Sources

  1. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNL-4TB : 14 July 2016), Cornelius O'Leary in household of Samuel Price, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 62, sheet 639D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0189; FHL microfilm 1,254,189.
  2. ↑ "Shooting Women." The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 24 Aug 1885, p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Shooting Women." The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 24 Aug 1885, p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Shooting Women." The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 24 Aug 1885, p. 8.
  5. ↑ "The O'Leary Tragedy." Chicago Daily Tribune , 25 Aug 1885, p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Puggy O'Leary said to Be Under Arrest at Kansas City." Chicago Daily Tribune , 23 Sep 1885, p. 6.
  7. ↑ "'Puggy" Is Here." Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep 1885, p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Puggy O'Leary." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 28 Sep 1885, p. 8.
  9. ↑ "Puggy O'Leary." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 28 Sep 1885, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "'Puggy' O'Leary Changes His Plea to Guilty-Some New Evidence. Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 Dec 1885, p. 8.
  11. ↑ "'Puggy' O'Leary Sentenced." Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan 1886, p. 9.
  12. ↑ "Crime." Atchison Daily Champion (Atchison, KS), 3 Jan 1886, p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Crime." Atchison Daily Champion (Atchison, KS), 3 Jan 1886, p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Candidates for Service." Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan 1886, p. 8.
  15. ↑ "Cornelius O'Leary Has Gone Insane." Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec 1889, p. 2.
  16. ↑ The Chronicle: A Journal, Devoted to the Interests of Insurance, Manufacturers and Real Estate, 44.26 (26 Dec 1889), p. 372. [1]
  17. ↑ "Cornelius O'Leary Has Gone Insane." Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec 1889, p. 2.
  • United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M645-CC4 : 17 October 2014), Cornelius Leary in household of Patreck Leary, Illinois, United States; citing p. 171, family 1438, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,703.
  • United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNL-4TB : 14 July 2016), Cornelius O'Leary in household of Samuel Price, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 62, sheet 639D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0189; FHL microfilm 1,254,189.
  • "Chicago Tragedies." Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug 1885, p. 2.
  • "Shooting Women." The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 24 Aug 1885, p. 8.
  • "The O'Leary Tragedy." Chicago Daily Tribune , 25 Aug 1885, p. 1.
  • "Puggy O'Leary said to Be Under Arrest at Kansas City." Chicago Daily Tribune , 23 Sep 1885, p. 6.
  • "'Puggy" Is Here." Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep 1885, p. 8.
  • "Puggy O'Leary." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 28 Sep 1885, p. 8.
  • "'Puggy' O'Leary Changes His Plea to Guilty-Some New Evidence. Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 Dec 1885, p. 8.
  • "'Puggy' O'Leary Sentenced." Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan 1886, p. 9.
  • "Crime." Atchison Daily Champion (Atchison, KS), 3 Jan 1886, p. 1.
  • "Candidates for Service." Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan 1886, p. 8.
  • "Cornelius O'Leary Has Gone Insane." Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec 1889, p. 2.
  • The Chronicle: A Journal, Devoted to the Interests of Insurance, Manufacturers and Real Estate, 44.26 (26 Dec 1889), p. 372. [2]




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