Auto Lopovi ubiti još jedan policajac

William Dillon je reagirati na izvješća o ubojstvo policajca McKenna strane Lewis Brothersa. Dillon vjeruje da Lewis Brothers, koji su bili auto i žičane lopovi, bili odgovorni za McKenna smrti.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Promatrao je kako dvojica braće Lewis ulaze u garažu u Fordu. Dillon je ušao u garažu iza njih. No one saw Dillon alive again.

Po U službenoj dužnosti: St. Louis policijskih službenika koji je napravio najveću žrtvu Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath i Stephen Pollihan, Dillon je izvukao pištolj, kada je jedan od braće počeli povlačiti pištolj. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

Međutim, 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.

Prema travnja 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. Međutim, the driver said when he left 10 ili 15 minuta kasnije, 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. Međutim, 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, Farmer pronašao policajca Dillon tijelo u polju. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

Policija je uhitila Ivana DeMorris, Lewis’ stepfather, and Roy “Joe” Klin dizač. 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 i Baty.

Policajac Dillon je rođen u rujnu 19, 1877. Bio je 38 godina u trenutku njegove smrti. On je ostavio otac, who was a city firefighter, i sedam braće.

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. U 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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