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Isaac A. Kidwell
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Police Officer

Isaac A. Kidwell

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Felonious
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End of Watch May 11, 1917
Age 41
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Police Officer Isaac Kidwell was shot and killed while attempting to question a man at 1428 Clark Avenue. He and his probationary officer were talking to a woman whose two male acquaintances had boarded a streetcar. One of the men jumped off of the streetcar and entered a house on Clark Avenue. As the officers followed the man into the home he opened fire on them, striking them both. The officers were taken to a local hospital where Officer Kidwell succumbed to his wounds. The suspect was apprehended the following day and confessed to the murder. The 27-year-old suspect was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 years. He was granted a new trial and sentenced to 40 years. The Missouri Supreme Court modified the sentence to 25 years. On February 11, 1924, he was pardoned by Governor Arthur M. Hyde.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Kidwell served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Kidwell.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1917
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Isaac is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1917, 165 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 19th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Isaac was 41. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Isaac among them.

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Police Officer Isaac A. Kidwell

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch May 11, 1917

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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