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William Dillon estava respondendo a relatos sobre o assassinato do Diretor de McKenna pelos Lewis Irmãos. Dillon acredita que os irmãos Lewis, que eram automóveis e fios ladrões, foram responsáveis ​​pela morte de McKenna.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Ele observou dois dos irmãos Lewis entrarem na garagem do Ford. Dillon entrou na garagem por trás deles. No one saw Dillon alive again.

Conforme No cumprimento do dever: St. Louis agentes da polícia que fizeram o sacrifício final by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath e Stephen Pollihan, Dillon sacou o revólver, quando um dos irmãos começou a puxar uma arma. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

However, as Dillon investigated the trunk of the vehicle to inspect stolen copper wire, Frank Lewis struck Dillon in the head with a hatchet. His younger brother Ora joined in. The Lewis brothers bludgeoned Dillon to death.

Um terceiro irmão, Roy Lewis, quem estava com Ora, quando Ora atirou no oficial McKenna, entrou na garagem após o assassinato de Dillon. Roy Lewis later confessed to his participation in the crimes and provided details to the police.

De acordo com o abril 8, 1916, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, witnesses saw Dillon entering the garage. Uma das testemunhas, um motorista de entrega, saw Dillon enter the garage by himself. However, the driver said when he left 10 ou 15 minutos depois, ele não viu Dillon. Tanto o Ford quanto o Hudson haviam saído do beco, when the delivery driver left.

The Lewis brothers abandoned the Ford at Belleview and College Avenues. The original reports said the Lewis brothers abandoning the car after killing McKenna. However, the Lewis brothers took the Ford home first, where Frank Lewis murdered Dillon.

St. Louis Detectives believed one of the bundles the Lewis brothers removed from the vehicle was the body of Officer Dillon. Detectives found blood on the trunk and door frame of the vehicle. The detectives also found a button from a police uniform on the floorboard of the Ford.

The Lewis brother abandoned the Hudson in Overland Park. Detectives found two hundred pounds of stolen copper wire. Hours later, um fazendeiro encontrou o corpo do oficial Dillon em um campo. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

A polícia prendeu João DeMorris, Lewis’ stepfather, e Roy “Joe” Lewis. A polícia encontrou um veículo roubado, auto parts, firearms, and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. The family used the aliases DeMorris, Lewis e Baty.

Diretor de Dillon nasceu em setembro 19, 1877. Ele era 38 anos de idade no momento de sua morte. Ele deixou um pai, who was a city firefighter, e sete irmãos.

In September 1916, Kansas City Police arrested Ora and Roy Lewis. Frank Lewis escaped. The Lewis brothers were originally from Kansas City but left there in 1914, when Frank or Ora shot a Kansas City Police Officer.

A jury convicted Ora Lewis and Roy Lewis for Officer McKenna’s murder. Roy Lewis served 24 years before the state paroled Roy Lewis in 1941. Roy managed to stay out of trouble after his parole.

The state paroled Ora Lewis three times but Lewis violated parole and returned to prison every time for new crimes. Em 1956, St. Louis Detectives shot and killed Lewis. Lewis was on parole for the third and last time.

The Kansas City Police captured Frank Lewis in 1917. Frank Lewis contracted pneumonia, while awaiting extradition. Frank Lewis died at 18 years of age ending his short but violent life.

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