People v. Seff

Harry Seff, plaintiff in error, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Edward Tomczyk, and upon a trial was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the State penitentiary for an indeterminate term.

Edward Tomczyk was employed as a cutter by Simon M. Baum, a manufacturer of wash dresses under the name of Nora Shirtwaist Company, at 1861 Milwaukee avenue, in Chicago. On February 16, 1917, the factory was invaded by a crowd of people and there was an altercation between them and Baum, Tomczyk and Minnie Pett, the forewoman, during which Tomczyk was stabbed or…