END OF WATCH: October 20, 1924 Shaker Heights Police Department Age: 28 On Friday, October 17, 1924, Patrolman Michael Hahnel and Patrolman Frank Dietrich were painting stop signs at S. Moreland and Lee Road. A speeding automobile, lacking due caution, was halted by the two officers. The officers did not know the two men inRead More

END OF WATCH: February 13, 1925 Cleveland Police Department On November 30, 1923, Patrolman Fromm was shot and seriously wounded at 12:05 a.m. at the corner of Central Avenue & E. 30th Street. Officer Fromm later died on February 13, 1925, from complications due to his wounds. Patrolman Fromm sustained a cut on his handRead More

END OF WATCH: February 27, 1925 Cleveland Police Department Age: 49 The way Patrolman Henry Richter met his death on February 26, 1925, was reminiscent of tales of the old west where two men stood toe-to-toe and emptied their guns until one or both fell. Patrolman Richter was detailed to the National Refining Company gasolineRead More

END OF WATCH: April 14, 1925 Cleveland Police Department Patrolman Frantz was a motorcycle traffic officer assigned to Cleveland’s ninth precinct. On Tuesday, April 14, 1925, at 3:00 pm, he was dispatched to Ridge Road and Flowerdale Avenue to investigate an auto accident. While responding southbound on Scranton Road near the Big Four Railroad bridge,Read More

END OF WATCH: July 20, 1925 Bay Village Police Department Age: 43 It was said that Harvey Yoder made a dashing figure on his motorcycle as he enforced the laws of the then Village of Bay. Back in 1918, when he started his law enforcement career, the motorcycle was the tool he used most oftenRead More

END OF WATCH: November 6, 1925 Lorain Police Department Age: 39 On November 6 1925 at 7:00 p.m. Patrolman Deal was assigned to investigate an accident and direct traffic near the Lorain-Ashland railroad crossing on Elyria Lorain Road. A garage man positioned the wrecked car in a ditch so it could be pulled out andRead More

END OF WATCH: February 15, 1926 Cleveland Police Department Age: 35 John F. Saxton was a Cleveland Patrolman since 1919 and was assigned to the Fourth Precinct in 1923. The story that follows explains the injury that later contributed to his death in 1926. On March 7, 1923, Miss Pauline Benson and a male friendRead More

END OF WATCH: April 17, 1926 Shaker Heights Police Department Age: 30 Patrolman Edwin M. Janes, died in Charity Hospital from injuries suffered when his motorcycle crashed into an automobile. Janes was fatally injured at South Woodland and Montgomery Roads. He was thrown head-first against the automobile, fracturing his skull. This is all the informationRead More

END OF WATCH: April 20, 1926 Cleveland Police Department Patrolman Borgman was shot and killed when he responded to the sounds of gunfire coming from a store at the corner of East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue. Unbeknownst to Patrolman Borgman, a detective had been stationed at the store following a series of robberies. AnRead More

END OF WATCH: May 20, 1926 Parma Police Department Age: 26 ” It was Sunday, May 16, a cool evening in the spring of 1926. Twenty-six year old motorcycle patrolman Michael Beuerlein patrolled the village of Parma on his Harley Davidson motorcycle as the sun began to set over Lake Erie. Officer Beuerlein ‘s thoughtsRead More