Chicago "Special Officers" & Watchmen
- July 27, 1877: J.J. White, who had been hired as a "special Officer" during a strike, was shot and killed.
- July 19, 1919: Hans Rassmuson, Special Officer, shot and killed.
- March 12, 1924: Frank Miller, Pinkerton Watchman, shot and killed.
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