THE DEATH OF OFFICER ISAAC HALBFINGER (THE 1919 RACE RIOT IN WASHINGTON D.C. LEFT 9 IMMEDIATE DEAD, AND 30 WOULD LATER DIE FROM THEIR WOUNDS FROM THE BRUTAL STREET FIGHTING. 150 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE CLUBBED, BEATEN AND SHOT. SEVERAL MARINES AND 6 D.C....
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT HARRY WILSON DURING THE 1919 RACE RIOT’S. NOTE: IN EARLIER TIMES IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE BY NEWSPAPERS TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS BY RACE OR IMMIGRANTS BY NATIONALITY. I HAVE DELETED DESCRIPTIONS OF RACE THAT WERE ROUTINELY USED IN...
THE DEATH OF OFFICER LESTER M. KIDWELL WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 11, 1918, PAGE 2. GASH ON NECK KILLS POLICEMAN Lester M. Kidwell Fell Through a Skylight to Death. Policeman Lester M. Kidwell, of the Third precinct, well known as the automobile driver for the...
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED MARCH 3, 1915, PAGE 3 GAWEN DEATH PUZZLES Report Says Bicycle Patrolman Who Fell Was Assaulted. POLICE MAKE INVESTIGATION Fail, However, to Find Any Evidence to Substantiate Rumor—Coroner Nevitt to Hold Inquest This Morning—Physicians...
THE DEATH OF OFFICER WILLIAM C. FARQUHAR WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 23, 1913, PAGE 2 MAD DOG’S BITE KILLS HIM. POLICEMAN W.C. FARQUHAR THE SECOND OFFICER VICTIM SINCE LAST SPRING. Policeman William C. Farquhar, of the Seventh precinct, died yesterday...
The Metropolitan Police Department trained and supervised a group of sworn officers who were assigned to manage the dangerous railway and streetcar crossings. Their uniform was similar to that of MPD but they were subsidized by the railroads to staff the many...
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