Henry C. Perrow

Detective Henry Perrow succumbed to gunshot wounds he received on December 11, 1933, in an alley off East Coast Commerce Street. Law enforcement was on the lookout for men involved in a stream of recent robberies. When Detective Perrow and his partner approached a subject, the man began firing. Detective Perrow and his partner were both wounded. Detective Perrow was transported to the county hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds two days later. One member of the Dillinger Gang was apprehended and extradited to Minnesota. Members of the gang were in San Antonio to purchase weapons. The other suspect who shot the officers escaped and was shot and killed on June 4, 1934, in an unrelated shootout. Detective Perrow was a United States Army Spanish-American War veteran who had served with the San Antonio Police Department for 15 years and previously served as a Texas Ranger for four years. Survivors include his wife, daughter, granddaughter, brother, and sister. Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934. Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents. The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison. Click here to see all the officers killed by members of the Dillinger Gang

Survivors include his wife, daughter, granddaughter, brother, and sister.