Louis Henry Hufnagel, an officer with the Crafton Borough Police Department, was shot and killed when responding to a burglary on the night of September 8, 1919. “Three foreigners” – Antonio Perobuzno, Joseph Pin, and Amendio Caruso – were arrested at the scene, though no evidence connected them to the crime.
All three men were subsequently released due to a lack of evidence. No other arrests were made.
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Author: Bill Lofquist
I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.
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