Auto Tyver drepe en annen politimann

William Dillon var å svare på rapporter om mordet på Officer McKenna av Lewis Brothers. Dillon mente at Lewis Brothers, som var auto og wire tyver, var ansvarlig for McKenna død.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Han observerte to av Lewis-brødrene gå inn i garasjen i Forden. Dillon kom inn i garasjen bak dem. No one saw Dillon alive again.

Ifølge In The Line of Duty: St. Louis politifolk som ofret by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath og Stephen Pollihan, Dillon trakk revolveren, når en av brødrene begynte å trekke en pistol. Dillon told him to drop the gun, and the man complied.

However, 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.

Ifølge april 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. However, the driver said when he left 10 eller 15 minutter senere, 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. However, 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, en bonde fant Officer Dillon kropp i et felt. A fractured skull killed Dillon.

Politiet arresterte John DeMorris, 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 and Baty.

Officer Dillon ble født September 19, 1877. Han var 38 år gammel på tidspunktet for hans død. Han forlot en far, who was a city firefighter, og syv brødre.

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. I 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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