Lewis M. Chew.
Policeman Lewis Chew was shot and killed by a man who and just pulled a gun on a bartender at a local saloon. The man was drunk and the bartender had refused him service. When Policeman Chew attempted to arrest the man he was shot. Although mortally wounded, Policeman Chew was able to return fire and kill the suspect. Policeman Chew succumbed to his wounds the following day. Policeman Chew was survived by a daughter by his first wife who died nine years before he did. He was survived by his second wife and four children. He was a Union Civil War Veteran having served as a private with the 23rd New Jersey Infantry, Company A.
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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.
Policeman Chew served with the Atchison Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Atchison 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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