Ladrones Auto matar a otro policía

William Dillon estaba respondiendo a los informes sobre el asesinato del agente McKenna por los hermanos Lewis. Dillon cree que los hermanos Lewis, que eran automóviles y alambre ladrones, fueron responsables de la muerte de McKenna.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenida. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entró en el garaje detrás de ellos. No one saw Dillon alive again.

De acuerdo a En el cumplimiento del deber: St. Oficiales de la Policía Louis que hicieron el último sacrificio por Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath y Stephen Pollihan, Dillon sacó su revólver, cuando uno de los hermanos comenzaron a sacar una pistola. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

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William Dillon – Oficial de policía asesinado en el cumplimiento del deber – Abril 7, 1916

Sin embargo, 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.

De acuerdo con la edición de abril 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. Sin embargo, the driver said when he left 10 o 15 minutos más tarde, 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. Sin embargo, 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.

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Photo of Ora Lewis from the September 23, 1916 edición del St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dominio Público)

The Lewis brother abandoned the Hudson in Overland Park. Detectives found two hundred pounds of stolen copper wire. Hours later, un agricultor encontró el cuerpo de oficial Dillon en un campo. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

La policía arrestó a Juan DeMorris, la Lewis’ stepfather, and Roy “Joe” Lewis. 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 y Baty.

Oficial Dillon nació en septiembre 19, 1877. Era 38 años de edad en el momento de su muerte. Dejó un padre, who was a city firefighter, y siete hermanos.

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. In 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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