Matthew E. McGrath, a 29-year-old male of Irish ethnicity, was a Special Detective with the Illinois Central Railroad Police. On the night of August 8, 1903, McGrath was shot and killed by three thieves in a Pullman railroad car within the Illinois Central Yard in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred just before midnight, and McGrath succumbed to his injuries shortly after.
The suspects involved in McGrath's death were three unidentified thieves who attacked him during a routine patro
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