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William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon het geglo dat die Lewis Brothers, wat die motor en draad diewe, was verantwoordelik vir die McKenna se dood.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Hy het gesien hoe twee van die Lewis-broers die motorhuis in die Ford binnekom. Dillon entered the garage behind them. He was never seen again.

Volgens In Die lyn van die reg: St. Louis Police Officers Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice 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.

Egter, as Dillon looked into the truck of the vehicle to inspect some stolen copper wire, Frank Lewis struck him in the head with a hatchet. Sy jonger broer Ora het daarby aangesluit en die Lewis-broers het Dillon doodgeslaan.

'n Derde broer, Roy Lewis, wat saam met Ora was, toe Ora offisier McKenna geskiet het, by die motorhuis ingestap ná die moord op Dillon. Hy sou later sy deelname aan die misdade erken en besonderhede oor die misdade verskaf.

According to the April 8, 1916 uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dillon was seen by several witnesses entering the garage. Een van die getuies, 'n afleweringsbestuurder, hom by die motorhuis sien ingaan. Egter, het hy gesê toe hy vertrek het 10 of 15 minutes later, hy het Dillon nie gesien nie. Beide die Ford en Hudson was weg uit die stegie.

The Ford was abandoned at Belleview and College Avenues. The original reports had them abandoning it after killing McKenna but they took the Ford home first, where Dillon was murdered.

It is believed that one of the bundles they removed from the vehicle was the body of Officer Dillon. Blood was found on the trunk and door frame of the vehicle. A button from a police uniform was also found on the floor board of the Ford.

The Hudson was abandoned in Overland Park. It contained 200 pounds of copper wire. A few hours later, a farmer found Officer Dillon’s body in a field. He had died of a fractured skull.

Police arrested John DeMorris, the Lewis’ step-father, en Roy “Joe” Lewis. Die polisie het 'n gesteelde voertuig gevind, numerous auto parts, vuurwapens en toerusting wat gebruik word om treine by die Athlone-huis te stop. The family had used the aliases DeMorris, Lewis and Baty.

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

In September 1916, Die polisie in Kansas City het Ora en Roy Lewis gearresteer. Frank Lewis het ontsnap. Die Lewis-broers was oorspronklik van Kansas City, maar is daar weg 1914, toe Frank of Ora 'n Kansas City-polisiebeampte geskiet het.

Ora Lewis en Roy Lewis is skuldig bevind aan offisier McKenna se moord. Roy Lewis bedien 24 jaar voordat dit vrygelaat is 1941. Hy het ná sy parool daarin geslaag om uit die moeilikheid te bly.

Ora Lewis is drie keer op parool geplaas, maar het elke keer teruggekeer tronk toe vir nuwe misdade. Lewis is in geskiet en vermoor 1956, toe vir die derde en laaste keer op parool uit is. Dit sê nie of mede-misdadigers of die polisie hom geskiet het nie.

Frank Lewis is deur die Kansas City-polisie in 1917 maar het longontsteking opgedoen, terwyl hulle op uitlewering wag. Frank Lewis is oorlede by 18 jare wat sy kort maar gewelddadige lewe beëindig.

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