These images were part of a collection of photos purchased by the D.C. Police Memorial and Museum Project and are part of the larger collection of photos and artifacts that will make up the Metropolitan Police Museum
THE STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER JOHN JACOB SMITH ON JULY 4, 1904. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 5, 1904, PAGE 2 SHOT BY CAVALRYMAN John J. Smith Probably Fatal Wounded SAMUEL YOUNG UNDER ARREST Unprovoked Attempt to Kill...
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...
Some pictures from the Metropolitan Police Museum Collection. This is from a batch labeled November, 1969 but are of an as yet unknown demonstration. One photo references the Justice Department. Please note the “DC-US Route 240” sign in the background....
OFFICER UEL M. (GALES) GAILE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 19, 1933, PAGE 1 TRIO WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE; ALL MAY DIE. NINTH STREET POOL PARLOR “SHOT UP;” POLICEMAN ENDS FUSILLADE. Three downtown Ninth street habitues, one of them an innocent bystander, were...
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...
We thought all our friends would be interested in these remarks from yesterday’s memorial service. Please take the time to read. [Note: Heather Fong is an Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security and the former Chief of Police, San Francisco, CA. She was the...
Following the April 4,1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Washington,D.C.and a number of other American cities erupted in violent riots and looting. It has been estimated that nearly one thousand fires were deliberately set during the following days of...
OFFICER DANIEL SHEHAN WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 16, 1899, PAGE 4 BACK AFTER TWELVE YEARS. THE “GHOST ROBBER” RETURNS FROM A LONG INVOLUNTARY VISIT. DARING WASHINGTON CRIMINAL PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO POLICE WHO ARRESTED HIM—NOTED FOR TERRORIZING METHODS AND...
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...
William T. Yates sent in this photo of Private Leola King of the Traffic Branch. News reports indicate that she was later injured after being struck by a passing truck. There are later records of Private King when she was assigned to the Women’s Bureau under...
This new book provides intimate details of some of the most tumultuous events in the city and in the Police Department’s history. A great read with lots of familiar names. S Street Rising is more than a memoir; it’s a portrait of a city in crisis. It’s the...
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”...
Here is a sampling of patches that were recently turned over to the Metropolitan Police memorial and Museum from Commercial Emblem. The proprietors of that business supported MPD and HEROES, Inc. for many years. , Canine Corps
Bill Sullivan provided these pieces of his father, Charles F. Sullivan’s police career; with a news report and photos from a chase in which the police radio help coordinate the capture of the suspects. Unfortunately, there was a mishap with a 2nd Precinct Scout...
In 1949 a B&O passenger train was hijacked in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and 147 passengers were robbed at gunpoint and some pistol whipped by two armed teenage suspects. They managed to force the engineer to place the train on a siding and once...
Want to give a gift that means more this holiday season? Consider purchasing the DC Police Memorial’s 2014 Christmas Ornament and/or Challenge Coin. All proceeds go to support the creation of the memorial and museum to be built. ...
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