Detective James A. Stevens

James A. Stevens

Detective Stevens and Sergeant Frederick Rabe were shot and fatally wounded while responding to a bank robbery committed by the Scarnici Gang from New York City. The two officers were shot as the gang attempted to come out of the bank. Detective Stevens died at the scene and Sergeant Rabe succumbed to his wounds six years later.

Two of the suspects were shot and killed and several others fled and were never apprehended.

Three members of the gang were eventually caught in Poughkeepsie, New York. One was executed on June 27, 1935. The other two were acquitted.