Lewis C. Hipple served in the U.S. Army.
Officer Lewis Hipple was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men at 5th and Market Streets at 0115 hours. One of the suspects broke free fired two shots at Officer Hipple, striking him in the wrist and heart. The suspects fled but one of them was apprehended by a Pennsylvania Railroad patrolman five blocks away. The suspect was sentenced to death and executed on September 17, 1917. Officer Hipple was a U.S Army veteran of the Spanish American war and had served with the Harrisburg Police Bureau for four years. He was survived by his wife and son. (His daughter died 3 1/2 months prior to his death from tuberculosis.)
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrol Officer Hipple gave the Harrisburg Police Bureau 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Harrisburg community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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