Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # 1814
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/12/1902
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1904
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Officer Timothy Devine and Officer Charles Pennell were ambushed by gunfire when they were following two burglary suspects. Officer Devine returned fire, wounding one of the fleeing assailants.
Both Officer Timothy Devine and Officer Charles Pennell were mortally wounded in the attack.
There were six arrests after the murders. Another assailant who escaped was arrested after murdering Constable Henry F. Bierer in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1903. That killer confessed to the murder of the Chicago officers before being hung in Pennsylvania on February 11, 1904.
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Patrolman Charles Pennell |
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Town Constable Henry F. "Darby" Bierer |
