自动盗贼杀死另一个警察

William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. 狄龙认为路易斯兄弟, 谁是汽车和电线贼, 负责麦肯纳的死亡.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 阿斯隆大道. 他注意到两个刘易斯兄弟在福特进入车库. Dillon entered the garage behind them. No one saw Dillon alive again.

根据 在师姐: 圣. 路易警务人员作出了最大的牺牲 由芭芭拉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.

然而, 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.

三哥, 罗伊·刘易斯, 谁跟奥拉, 当奥拉拍摄官麦肯纳, 走进车库狄龙谋杀后. Roy Lewis later confessed to his participation in the crimes and provided details to the police.

根据四月 8, 1916, 圣. 圣路易斯邮报, witnesses saw Dillon entering the garage. 一个目击者, 一送货司机, saw Dillon enter the garage by himself. 然而, the driver said when he left 10 或 15 minutes later, 他没有看到狄龙. 无论是福特和哈德森都从巷子里走了, 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. 然而, the Lewis brothers took the Ford home first, where Frank Lewis murdered Dillon.

圣. 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, 和罗伊 “Joe” 刘易斯. 警方发现，被盗车辆, 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. 他是 38 岁在他去世的时候. He left a father, who was a city firefighter, and seven brothers.

九月 1916, 堪萨斯城警方逮捕了奥拉·刘易斯和罗伊·刘易斯. 弗兰克·刘易斯逃脱. 刘易斯兄弟最初来自堪萨斯城，但在 1914, 当弗兰克或奥拉射杀堪萨斯城警察时.

A jury convicted Ora Lewis and Roy Lewis for Officer McKenna’s murder. 罗伊·刘易斯服役 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. 在 1956, 圣. 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, 在等待引渡期间. 弗兰克·刘易斯去世于 18 岁结束了他短暂而暴力的一生.

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