Bio & Incident Details
Age: 33
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/8/1910
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Committed
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Policeman Deitz was shot and killed by a bank robbery suspect at Main Street and Fairfield Avenue. Policeman Deitz was directing traffic when the suspect, who was deranged and had attempted a bank robbery earlier in the day, shot him and two other people, wounding one critically.
The suspect had recently been released from the state mental hospital where he had been confined for writing threatening letters to President Theodore Roosevelt. The suspect was arrested and later recommitted to a state hospital.
