In the late spring of 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland, a dispute over a mere fifty cents set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in the death of a young police officer. On the evening of Monday, May 19th, Patrolman Charles J. Donohue of the Northwestern Police District was called to 1332 Whatcoat Street to intervene in a domestic argument. Mary Jones had accused her common-law husband, John Prewvines, who also went by the alias Charles Wilson, of taking fifty cents from her under false
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