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1530 West 13th Street
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Quoted from original police record: Man killed: Davies, Harry - Age 39 - Colored - Fatally assaulted 8:20 AM, 5/18/28, in 3rd fl., rear 1530 W. 13th St., by Robert Rainey, where he called to see Mrs. Rainey who complained to her husband that Davies had raped her on several occassions. On 5/21/28 Rainey was exonerated by the Coroner. 22 Dist.
Quoted from original police record: Double homicide: Ousley, Etta - Age 26 - Colored- Shot to death at 9:00 AM, in the kitchen of her home, 1530 W. 13th St., by her husband, Fred Ousley, who also fatally shot his sister-in-law, Lelia Lesser, and escaped. On 3/18/25 his arrest was recommended by the Coroner. 16th Dist.