Hoți Auto Kill un alt polițist

William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon a crezut că Brothers Lewis, care au fost auto și sârmă hoți, au fost responsabili pentru moartea lui McKenna.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. A observat că doi dintre frații Lewis intrau în garaj cu Ford. Dillon entered the garage behind them. No one saw Dillon alive again.

Conform În linia de taxe: St. Ofițerii Louis de poliție care a făcut sacrificiul suprem by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath and Stephen Pollihan, Dillon drew his revolver, when one of the brothers started to pull a gun. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

Totuși, 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.

Un al treilea frate, Roy Lewis, care era cu Ora, când Ora l-a împușcat pe ofițerul McKenna, a intrat în garaj după uciderea lui Dillon. Roy Lewis later confessed to his participation in the crimes and provided details to the police.

Conform aprilie 8, 1916, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, witnesses saw Dillon entering the garage. Unul dintre martori, un șofer de livrare, saw Dillon enter the garage by himself. Totuși, the driver said when he left 10 sau 15 minutes later, nu l-a văzut pe Dillon. Atât Ford, cât și Hudson au plecat de pe alee, 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. Totuși, 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, a farmer found Officer Dillon’s body in a field. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

Police arrested John DeMorris, the Lewis’ stepfather, și Roy “Joe” Lewis. Polițiștii au găsit un vehicul furat, auto parts, firearms, and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. The family used the aliases DeMorris, Lewis and Baty.

Officer Dillon was born on September 19, 1877. El a fost 38 years old at the time of his death. He left a father, who was a city firefighter, and seven brothers.

In September 1916, Poliția din Kansas City i-a arestat pe Ora și Roy Lewis. Frank Lewis a scăpat. Frații Lewis erau originari din Kansas City, dar au rămas acolo 1914, când Frank sau Ora au împușcat un ofițer de poliție din Kansas City.

A jury convicted Ora Lewis and Roy Lewis for Officer McKenna’s murder. Roy Lewis a servit 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. În 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, în aşteptarea extrădării. Frank Lewis a murit la 18 ani, punând capăt vieții sale scurte, dar violente.

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