Auto Tatovi Kill Another policistu

William Dillon je bil odziv na poročili o Umor uradnika McKenna, ki ga Lewis Brothers. Dillon je verjel, da je Lewis Brothers, ki so bili auto in žični tatovi, so bili odgovorni za McKenna smrt.

Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Opazil je dva od bratov Lewis vstop v garažo v Ford. Dillon je vstopil v garažo za njimi. Nikoli ni bil več viden.

Po In the Line of Duty: St. Louis policistov, ki Naredil Ultimate Žrtvovanje Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath in Stephen Pollihan, Dillon potegnil revolver, ko je eden izmed bratov začel vleči pištolo. Dillon told him to drop the gun and the man complied.

Vendar, 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.

Po aprilu 8, 1916 izdaja St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dillon je ogledalo več prič vstopom v garažo. One of the witnesses, a delivery driver, saw him enter the garage. Vendar, he stated when he left 10 ali 15 minut kasneje, he did not see Dillon. Both the Ford and Hudson were gone from the alley.

Ford je bil opuščen v BELLEVIEW in College poti. The original reports had them abandoning it after killing McKenna but they took the Ford home first, where Dillon was murdered.

Menijo, da je bil eden od sklopov so odstranjeni iz vozila telo policist Dillon. Kri je bila na voljo na trupu in vratnega okvira vozila. Gumb iz policijske uniforme je bilo tudi na talno ploščo za Ford.

Hudson je bila opuščena v Overland Park. Vseboval 200 kilogramov bakrene žice. Nekaj ​​ur kasneje, kmet našel truplo policista Dillon v polju. He had died of a fractured skull.

Policija je aretirala Johna DeMorris, Lewis’ očimu, and Roy “Joe” Lewis. Police found a stolen vehicle, številnih avtomobilskih delov, fire arms and equipment used to stop trains at the Athlone house. Družina je uporabljal vzdevke DeMorris, Lewis in Baty.

Častnik Dillon je rodil septembra 19, 1877. Bil je 38 stara let, v času njegove smrti. Odšel očeta, ki je bil city gasilec, in sedem bratov.

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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