Dave Richardson’s research of news accounts of the circumstances and subsequent trail involved in the shooting death of Officer John Purcell THE OCTOBER 15, 1923 SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER JOHN W. PURCELL, AND WOUNDING OF OFFICER HORACE R. CRAWFORD. ONE SUSPECT...
THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CAREER AND 1923 SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER FREDERICK G. STANGE BY DETECTIVE THOMAS O’DONNELL; AND THE BIZARRE SIDE STORIES TO THIS AFFAIR. THERE WAS APPARENTLY A LOT GOING ON THAT THE POST DID NOT PUBLISH, INCLUDING THE...
THE DEATH OF OFFICER EDMUND P. KELEHER ON JANUARY 10, 1922. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JANUARY 10, 1922, PAGE 2 AUTO ENDS CAREER OF POLICE VETERAN Edmund P. Keleher Dies on Way to Hospital, Following Accident. MEMBER OF FORCE 30 YEARS Was on His Way Home When...
Here is a sampling of photographs of some of the facilities we were using in 2007. MPD HQ 1D 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 1D-1 3D-1 6D-Sub-station Youth and Family Services Division Traffic Safety Branch Office of Professional...
ON OCTOBER 17, 1921, OFFICER GEORGE D. CHINN WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN, AND THEN SEVERELY BEATEN AS HE LAY HELPLESS ON THE GROUND. HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 17, 1921, PAGE 1 OFFICER SHOT, DYING Policeman Chinn Hit in Battle With...
This ceremony, was cited as a “presentation of victory medals from war veterans to Police Department.” It is unclear if this ceremony honored those veterans who served during the war and then came home to return to the Police Department, or if these were...
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER SAMUEL C. HAYDEN ON FEBRUARY 27, 1921. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1921, PAGE 1 2 DEAD IN GUN FIGHT Policeman Hayden Slain Trying to Capture Madman CRAZED SHOOTING INJURES 2 T.L. Harriss, Killed, Recently Patient at St....
The History of the Metropolitan Police Memorial Fountain The Metropolitan Police Memorial Fountain that currently sits in front of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department, located at 300 Indiana Avenue, NW, was authorized by an Act of Congress on April 22,...
The below listed details were gathered by Retired MPD Detective Sergeant Dave Richardson and is part of an entire series of stories we have been republishing here. Dave has done some great work over the years, which you will see as his parenthetical notes...
One of the earliest maps showing the location of each precinct. Note that the map refers to them as “Districts.” The Police Department often occupied converted buildings for their precinct houses and it was not until the late 1890’s and early...
THE 1920 SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER OSCAR A. MCKIMMIE. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JANUARY 18, 1920, PAGE 1 SLAIN BY A BURGLAR Policeman McKimmie is Fifth of Force to Die in 20 Months SHOT ANSWERING SCREAMS One of Three Bullets Strikes Him Over Heart and He Crumples...
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED DECEMBER 15, 1919, PAGE 1 SLAYS AUTO DEALER; WOUNDS DETECTIVE McHenry, 19 Years, of St. Louis, Hungry, He Tells Police Wallace W. Mulcare, of the Olympia apartments, and proprietor of an automobile accessory store, 1322 Fourteenth street...
Below are a series of class photos sent to the D.C.Police Museum and Memorial Project as part of our growing collection of artifacts, documents and photos. These photos tell the story of the changes that occurred from 1970 through 1972. The initial group are of...
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...
The Great B&O Train Robbery Posted by Dave Tabler | July 18, 2013 “The Great Train Robbery” of the B&O railroad made headlines worldwide on March 10, 1949. The event was reminiscent of Wild West days, and it seized 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...
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