Louis H. Wilmers
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Patrolman

Louis H. Wilmers

Felonious
End of Watch September 4, 1890
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Wilmers was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest a switchman in the railroad yards. Patrolman Wilmers had learned that the railroad worker was carrying a gun and went to the Frisco Railroad Yard to arrest him. During the arrest the man shot him in the spine and then fled. The wound left Patrolman Wilmers paralyzed until his death 11 days later. The suspect was apprehended and positively identified by Patrolman Wilmers before his death. The suspect, 28, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 45 years. The Missouri Supreme Court reversed and remanded his sentence and a new trial was ordered. He was released on July 1, 1892, and never retried.

Survivors

Patrolman Wilmers had been with the agency for one year and was survived by his wife and child.

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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Wilmers gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1890
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Louis 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 1890, 65 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 113th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Louis was 25. 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. Louis had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Patrolman Louis H. Wilmers

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch September 4, 1890

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-W

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