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Detective Donaghy Leads White Murder Case Team
Philadelphia Detective James J. Donaghy spearheaded the White murder investigation, coordinating 30 detectives and 2,000 officers to trap three Black suspects, Ivory Perry Stirling, and an accomplice. The case hinged on Hartman’s identification, pawnbroker checks, and cross-state requisitions leading to confessions and three Hangings.
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W. G. Chapman
James J. Donaghy
Detective Bureau of
Philadelphia
United States
Roy Wilson White
Law School
University of Pennsylvania
White
Germantown
Miladelphia
Powelton Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirty-second Street
Prof. White
University Hospital
Quirk
Miller
James A. Donaghy
Jim
Donaghy
Media
Jook
Nonaghy
Robert J. McKenty
Ralph Hartman
Hartman
Pennsylvania , Railroad
Donashy
McNenty
Ralph Trartman
Ralph
Thirty Second Street
Henry Ivory
Germantown Junction
Ivory
Ife
Buddy” Brown
Brown
William Perry
Georgia
Perry
Ile
John Leary
City Water Works
Girard Avenue
Ivory Perry
Trenton
Mercer County
McMenty
New Jersey
Leary
Martman
William Fields
Amos Stirling
Stirling
Fiere
Harrisburg
Executive Mansion
Gov. Stone
Philadelphia City Hall
Nesro
Cartuin
Dolly Gray
State Capitol
Mary Bayle
Thirty-second
Market Streets
Lutz
Prof
Girard Avenue Bridge
Roy’ Wilson White
James I. Donaghy