Bio & Incident Details
Age: 42
Tour: 11 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/17/1899
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1899
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Sergeant Fritz Passau was shot and killed while searching for double murder suspects in a Georgetown house. The suspects were hiding in the attic and as Sergeant Passau passed by he was shot in the back twice. The suspect surrendered after hiding in the house for several more hours.
The suspects were convicted of Sergeant Passau's murder and sentenced to death. He was executed by hanging on August 18, 1899, in Rockville, Maryland, for the two previous murders.
Sergeant Passau had been with the agency for 11 years and was assigned to the 7th Precinct. He was born in Germany and was a Freemason who had served in the United States Army. He was survived by his wife and two children and is burited in section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
