In Loving Memory of Henry Benson
Henry Benson was a waiter at Garry Katen's Hotel on Coney Island. His employer had given him permission to sleep in a barn loft. On the night of 6 June 1886, Henry was awakened and assaulted in a drunken brawl that resulted in his death. His attacker, Stephen Gorman, spent only 2 years in Sing Sing for the killing of Henry Benson. Thank you to New York Historian for locating the death record. Certificate number 542, ID 2642, age 48 years. Henry was a widower.
Death record information cites date of death as 9 June. A newspaper report from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the 7th disproves this.
Henry Benson was a waiter at Garry Katen's Hotel on Coney Island. His employer had given him permission to sleep in a barn loft. On the night of 6 June 1886, Henry was awakened and assaulted in a drunken brawl that resulted in his death. His attacker, Stephen Gorman, spent only 2 years in Sing Sing for the killing of Henry Benson. Thank you to New York Historian for locating the death record. Certificate number 542, ID 2642, age 48 years. Henry was a widower.
Death record information cites date of death as 9 June. A newspaper report from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the 7th disproves this.
In Loving Memory of Henry Benson
Henry Benson was a waiter at Garry Katen's Hotel on Coney Island. His employer had given him permission to sleep in a barn loft. On the night of 6 June 1886, Henry was awakened and assaulted in a drunken brawl that resulted in his death. His attacker, Stephen Gorman, spent only 2 years in Sing Sing for the killing of Henry Benson. Thank you to New York Historian for locating the death record. Certificate number 542, ID 2642, age 48 years. Henry was a widower.
Death record information cites date of death as 9 June. A newspaper report from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the 7th disproves this.
Henry Benson was a waiter at Garry Katen's Hotel on Coney Island. His employer had given him permission to sleep in a barn loft. On the night of 6 June 1886, Henry was awakened and assaulted in a drunken brawl that resulted in his death. His attacker, Stephen Gorman, spent only 2 years in Sing Sing for the killing of Henry Benson. Thank you to New York Historian for locating the death record. Certificate number 542, ID 2642, age 48 years. Henry was a widower.
Death record information cites date of death as 9 June. A newspaper report from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the 7th disproves this.
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