Nws pib tub sab tua lwm Policeman

William Dillon yog txais tau ntaub ntawv hais txog tua neeg ntawm cov neeg khiav dej num McKenna ntawm cov kwv tij Lewis. Dillon ntseeg tias cov kwv tij Lewis, lawv tso nws pib thiab hlau ua tub sab, tau them rau McKenna tus tuag.

Dillon proceeded mus rau lub tsev ntawm DeMorris 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon nkag mus rau qhov chaw rau tsheb qab lawv. Nws twb yeej tsis tau pom dua.

raws li Rau cov kab hauv cov dej num: St. Louis tub ceev xwm cov neeg khiav dej num ua fij qhov kawg los ntawm Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath thiab Stephen Pollihan, Dillon txawm nta hlo nws phom me, Thaum twg ib tug kwv tij tus pib rub ib rab phom. Dillon told him to drop the gun and the man complied.

Txawm li cas los, 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.

Raws li cov tim 8, 1916 ib tsab ntawm tus St. Louis Dispatch tom qab, Dillon tau pom los ntawm ntau cov timkhawv uas yuav mus rau qhov chaw rau tsheb. One of the witnesses, a delivery driver, saw him enter the garage. Txawm li cas los, he stated when he left 10 los sis 15 feeb tom qab, he did not see Dillon. Both the Ford and Hudson were gone from the alley.

Tus Ford yog abandoned ntawm Belleview thiab College hom. The original reports had them abandoning it after killing McKenna but they took the Ford home first, where Dillon was murdered.

Ntseeg tau tias yog ib tus bundles uas lawv tshem tawm ntawm lub tsheb yog lub cev cov neeg khiav dej num Dillon. Cov ntshav ntawd nyob rau hauv lub cev thiab cov qhov rooj thiab lub tsheb. Ib lub pob ntawm ib tug tub ceev xwm niaj hnub zoo li kuj nyob rau ntawm lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib pem teb ntawm tus Ford.

Tus Hudson yog abandoned hauv Overland Park. Nws muaj nyob 200 phaus ntawm hlau tooj liab. Ob peb teev tom qab, ib tug neeg ua teb nyob Officer Dillon lub cev rau hauv ib lub teb. He had died of a fractured skull.

Tub ceev xwm ntes John DeMorris, tus Lewis’ kauj ruam-txiv, and Roy “Joe” Lewis. Police found a stolen vehicle, heev heev qhov chaw pib, fire arms and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. Tsev neeg yuav tsum siv cov aliases DeMorris, Lewis thiab Baty.

Dillon xwm yug rau lub Cuaj hlis 19, 1877. Nws yog 38 xyoo thaum lub sij hawm nws tag sim neej. Nws tshuav ib tug txiv, uas yog ib lub nroog fireman, thiab xya tus kwv tij.

Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 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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