List of Birmingham homicides in 1893

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1893. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

Listing

1. January 15: Perry Carpenter died at Miss McRae's Infirmary from gunshot wounds received the previous night after he interrupted an attempted robbery on the 2100 block of 5th Avenue North while he was walking home in the evening. Several armed robberies had been reported in the vicinity in the weeks before the murder. The shooter fled the scene and was not caught.

References

• "Shot Down" (January 18, 1893) The Weekly Age-Herald

See also

• Birmingham homicides by year