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ויליאם דילון הגיב לדיווחים על הרצח של הקצין מק 'קנה על ידי האחים לואיס. דילון האמין כי האחים לואיס, שהיו גנבי רכב וחוטים, היו אחראים למותו של מק 'קנה.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 שדרת את'לון. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. דילון נכנס למוסך שמאחוריהם. No one saw Dillon alive again.

על פי בעת מילוי תפקידו: <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". קציני המשטרה שלואיס עשה את ההקרבה האולטימטיבית by Barbara Miksicek, דוד McElreath וסטיבן Pollihan, דילון שלף את אקדחו, כאשר אחד האחים התחיל למשוך את אקדח. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

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ויליאם דילון – קצין המשטרה נהרג בעת מילוי תפקידו – אפריל 7, 1916

אולם, 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.

על פי אפריל 8, 1916, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". לואיס פוסט דיספץ', witnesses saw Dillon entering the garage. One of the witnesses, a delivery driver, saw Dillon enter the garage by himself. אולם, the driver said when he left 10 או 15 דקות מאוחר יותר, 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. אולם, the Lewis brothers took the Ford home first, where Frank Lewis murdered Dillon.

<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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.

אורה-לואיס

Photo of Ora Lewis from the September 23, 1916 מהדורה של סנט. לואיס פוסט דיספץ' (<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "621" = bbox_w "771" = bbox_h = fsize "69", "17" = fweight "11" = "3" אדום = ירוק "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ")

The Lewis brother abandoned the Hudson in Overland Park. Detectives found two hundred pounds of stolen copper wire. Hours later, איכר מצא את גופתו של הקצין דילון בשדה. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

המשטרה עצרה ג'ון DeMorris, לואיס’ stepfather, and Roy “Joe” לואיס. Police found a stolen vehicle, auto parts, firearms, and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. The family used the aliases DeMorris, לואיס וייטי.

קצין דילון נולד בספטמבר 19, 1877. הוא היה 38 שנים בעת מותו. הוא עזב את אביו, who was a city firefighter, ושבעה אחים.

בחודש ספטמבר 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. בתוך 1956, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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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