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William Dillon var að bregðast við tilkynningum um morðið á Officer McKenna af Lewis Brothers. Dillon talið að Lewis Brothers, sem voru farartæki og vír þjófnaður, voru ábyrgir fyrir dauða McKenna er.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon inn í bílskúr á eftir þeim. Hann var aldrei séð aftur.

Samkvæmt Í línu skylda: St. Louis lögreglumanna sem gerði fullkominn fórn af Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath og Stephen Pollihan, Dillon brá Revolver hans, þegar einn af bræðrum byrjaði að draga byssu. Dillon told him to drop the gun and the man complied.

Þó, 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. His younger brother Ora joined in and 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. He would later confess to his participation in the crimes and provided details about the crimes.

Samkvæmt apríl 8, 1916 útgáfa af St. Louis Post-Sending, Dillon var séð nokkur vitni inn í bílskúr. One of the witnesses, a delivery driver, saw him enter the garage. Þó, he stated when he left 10 eða 15 mínútum síðar, he did not see Dillon. Both the Ford and Hudson were gone from the alley.

Ford var yfirgefin á BELLEVIEW og College Leiðir. The original reports had them abandoning it after killing McKenna but they took the Ford home first, where Dillon was murdered.

Talið er að ein af knippi þeir tekin af ökutækinu var lík Officer Dillon. Blóð fannst á búk og dyr ramma ökutækisins. A hnappur frá lögreglu samræmdu var einnig að finna á gólfið stjórn Ford.

Hudson var yfirgefin í Overland Park. Það innihélt 200 kíló af koparvír. Nokkrum klukkustundum síðar, bóndi fann lík Officer Dillon er í reit. He had died of a fractured skull.

Lögregla handtók John DeMorris, að Lewis’ stjúpfaðir, and Roy “Joe” Lewis. Police found a stolen vehicle, fjölmargir Bílavarahlutir, fire arms and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. Fjölskyldan hafði notað samheiti DeMorris, Lewis og Baty.

Officer Dillon fæddist september 19, 1877. Hann var 38 ára við andlát hans. Hann skildi eftir föður, sem var borg slökkviliðsmaður, og sjö bræður.

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.

Ora Lewis and Roy Lewis were convicted of Officer McKenna’s murder. Roy Lewis served 24 years before being released in 1941. He managed to stay out of trouble after his parole.

Ora Lewis was paroled three times but returned to prison every time for new crimes. Lewis was shot and killed in 1956, when out on parole for the third and last time. It doesn’t say whether fellow criminals or the police shot him.

Frank Lewis was captured by Kansas City Police in 1917 but contracted pneumonia, while awaiting extradition. Frank Lewis died at 18 years of age ending his short but violent life.

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