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William Dillon đã được đáp ứng với báo cáo về cái chết của viên McKenna của Lewis Brothers. Dillon tin rằng Lewis Brothers, những người tự động và dây trộm, chịu trách nhiệm về cái chết của McKenna.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon bước vào nhà để xe phía sau họ. No one saw Dillon alive again.

Theo In The Line of Duty: St. Sĩ quan cảnh sát Louis Người tạo sự hy sinh cuối cùng Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath và Stephen Pollihan, Dillon đã thu hút khẩu súng lục, khi một trong những anh em bắt đầu để kéo một khẩu súng. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

Tuy nhiên, 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.

A third brother, Roy Lewis, who was with Ora, when Ora shot Officer McKenna, walked into the garage after the murder of Dillon. Roy Lewis later confessed to his participation in the crimes and provided details to the police.

Theo tháng Tư 8, 1916, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, witnesses saw Dillon entering the garage. One of the witnesses, a delivery driver, saw Dillon enter the garage by himself. Tuy nhiên, the driver said when he left 10 hoặc 15 phút sau, he did not see Dillon. Both the Ford and Hudson were gone from the alley, 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. Tuy nhiên, 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, một nông dân tìm thấy xác đốc Dillon trong một lĩnh vực. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

Cảnh sát bắt giữ John DeMorris, Lewis’ stepfather, and Roy “Joe” Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao. Police found a stolen vehicle, auto parts, firearms, and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. The family used the aliases DeMorris, Lewis và Baty.

Sĩ quan Dillon được sinh ra vào ngày 19, 1877. Ông 38 tuổi tại thời điểm ông qua đời. Ông để lại một người cha, who was a city firefighter, và bảy anh em.

Vào tháng Chín 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. Trong 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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