Hlau tub sab tua Policeman
Ua ntej hnub Friday, Tim 7, 1916 ntawd, cov kwv tij Lewis yuav tua tau ob tug me nyuam. Louis tub ceev xwm Officers, John McKenna thiab William Dillon. McKenna yog thawj lub caij nplooj zeeg, thaum nws tu ncua cov kwv tij npaj siab mus nyiag hlau, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon yuav ua raug tua investigating McKenna tus tua neeg.
McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves, leej twg yuav tsum tau nyiag rau cov nyob ze ntawm lub hnub no Central West End. Cov kwv tij Lewis cai nws, Xwsli thiab hais tiag, nres tau lawv cov tsheb, which later turned out to be stolen, in the alley behind 4178 Delmar Boulevard. Thaum McKenna tau mus tham nrog lawv, lawv khiav mus sim tabsis nws rho phom me nws rau lawv thiab lawv nyob tsis 4172 Delmar Boulevard.
Nws txawm muab ib rab yaj phom tawm ntawm lub siab ntawm ob tug txiv neej lub thiab tso nws nyob nws hnab tshos. Nws mam li muab nws ib phom me cia thiab taug kev rau kom lub cev muaj zog tsheb roj tsheb tso pa roj carbon monoxide. tom 618 N. Whittier Street. Cov chaw muag roj tsheb tseem tshuav ib chaw muag roj tsheb mus txog 1997, thaum nws raug muab rhuav. McKenna asked George Fisher, tus neeg ua hauj lwm rau lub tuam txhab, hu rau qhov chaw nres tsheb uas tsis yog tub ceev xwm.
McKenna Photo ntawm hnub tim 7, 1916 Tom qab Dispatch
McKenna then began to search the larger man. McKenna tsis yog tas tus me txiv neej mus taug kev qab McKenna distracted me. The smaller man pulled a pistol that was missed during McKenna’s initial search.
The smaller man fired a single shot into McKenna’s skull. McKenna yuav tuag tau vim lawv cov qhov txhab ob xuab moos tom qab. Subsequent investigation revealed the smaller Lewis may have asked for a drink of water. Thaum McKenna tso nws, he walked behind McKenna and shot him in the back of the head.
Fisher hnov tau txhaj tshuaj tag thiab muab saib tsis McKenna. The Lewis brothers fled back to their automobile and fled down the alley at a high rate of speed. A milk truck driver and another citizen attempted to follow the brothers but they lost the fleeing felons at the intersection of Vandeventer and Delmar Boulevards.
Ib tug pej xeem tau pom cov kwv tij tso tseg cov av nkos spattered tsheb ntawm Belleview thiab College hom. Lawv kis ob peb bundles ntawm cov raug nyiag lawm Ford rau ib Hudson. Tus Ford tau nyiag los ntawm txoj kev xibtes hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 21, 1916.
Cov zov kev 4172 Delmar Boulevard, where McKenna stopped the brothers said the description of the murders matched two men, leej twg los cas nws chaw rau tsheb. Lawv tau thov kom muaj los ntawm Springfield, Illinois. Lawv yuav tsum tau los rau hauv thiab tawm nrog qhov muas tsheb ntau ntau ob lub hli dhau los.
Cov kwv tij nyob ntawm ib thaj tsam ib ntsis los ze zog, tus 4200 thaiv ntawm Athlone Avenue. Nws yuav muaj tias lawv tua nkawd ob policeman hauv 24 teev. William Dillon li no txoj hauj lwm li cov cov kwv tij Lewis, los yog cov DeMorris tub hluas tom qab lawv ruam-txiv, Dillon decided to head to the DeMorris home and investigate.
McKenna yug rau lub Cuaj hlis 10, 1886 thiab yog 29 xyoo. Nws tshuav ib tug poj ntsuam. Nws yog cov tub thiab cov kwv tub ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis tub ceev xwm Officers. Nws tus txiv, leej niam thiab tus muam nyob ntawm nws lub bedside, Thaum twg nws kis.
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