SLACK’S WOUND FATAL Death of the Policeman Who Was Stabbed by His Neighbor HAD PENETRATED A VITAL PART Story of the Prelude to the Affray Told by the Officer’s Wife WITH A TWELVE-INCH BUTCHERS KNIFE The Weapon Used by Charles H. Myers, Who Is Said to Have Had an Old...
MURDER OF MPDC SERGEANT FRITZ PASSAU AND TWO MARYLAND CITIZENS IN 1899. (IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENTS CURRENT LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY LISTS PASSAU’S DEATH IN 1889. BOTH WASHINGTON POST ARTICLES ARE DATED 1899.) THE SUSPECTS BUNGLED...
OFFICER CONSTANTINE FELL OFF HIS BOAT. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1891, PAGE 2. DROWNED AT INDIAN HEAD Officer Constantine Falls Overboard from the Police Patrol Boat Officer Adolphus C. Constantine, who has been connected with the police patrol boat...
THESE ARTICLES TELL OF THE 1889 DEATH OF OFFICER AMERICUS N. CRIPPEN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ARREST A SHOOTING SUSPECT, AND THE RIOT THAT FOLLOWED. TWO MURDERS George Bush, a Rough Shoots and Instantly Kills Policeman Crippen. The Officers Last Act was to Fire Shots at...
THIS STORY CONCERNS THE 1884 MURDER OF OFFICER JOHN H. FOWLER. THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE MOCKED THE OFFICERS GRIEVING WIDOW IN HER PRESENCE AT THE POLICE STATION SHORTLY AFTER THE KILLING, THREATENED THE OFFICER WHO FOUND HIM HIDING UNDER A BED, AND TRIED TO ATTACK A...
SOME INCIDENTS IN THE CAREER OF FRANCIS M. DOYLE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED MARCH 19, 1911 (A HISTORY OF THE EARLY MPDC, AND THE DEATH OF THE FIRST OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY) CITY’S POLICE FORCE HAS HAD EXCITING EVOLUTION. From Early Patrol of “Pike”...
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