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Patrolman

Jacob Uhle

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Felonious
United States flag Louisiana flag
End of Watch December 24, 1924
The Vigil Panel 112 · Column 3 · Line 1 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 127

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

Agency

Department New Orleans Police Department
Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 24, 1924
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jacob is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1924, 225 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 4th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jacob among them.

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Where

Patrolman Jacob Uhle

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch December 24, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 54-W

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