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Incident
Patrolman Jacob Uhle was shot and killed by a man who had just robbed the Marine Bank of $13,000 at Frenchman and Chartres Streets. On December 30th, 1924, the man who murdered Patrolman Uhle was shot and killed in a gunfight with railroad detectives and city police police at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in Mobile, Alabama. A notebook found on the man following his death contained a handwritten confession that he had murdered Special Agent Thomas Griffin, of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Police in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 15th, 1923. The confession stated "In case I get killed I want the truth to come out because two innocent men were sent to prison for the crime." An investigation was unable to verify the confession and the original convictions and life sentences of Special Agent Griffin's murder were upheld by the Supreme Court.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Uhle served with the New Orleans Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Uhle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Jacob Uhle is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 61.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New Orleans Police Department, 86 of 128 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jacob Uhle's cause is highlighted.
How Jacob Uhle Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jacob Uhle is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jacob Uhle was killed by handgun.
Incident Location
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