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Singer and pioneer sound recording artist George Washington Johnson's common law wife Roskin Stuart dies after having been found beaten and unconscious in their shared New York apartment. Johnson is tried for first degree murder but acquitted.
Roskin Stuart, the wife of vaudeville singer George Washington Johnson, is found found beaten and unconscious in their apartment on West 41st Street, New York City, USA. She dies a few hours later. Johnson is tried for murder and found not guilty. Johnson is widely considered to have been the first African-American recording star.