ALBERT DEMORTIERS

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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 60-W: 10
Department: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: October 27, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: 8
Description: Patrolman Demortiers was shot by an intoxicated man while walking his beat. The man had just come from the saloon when he pulled a .32 revolver and shot Patrolman Demortiers in the head and neck. Patrolman Demortiers was transported to the hospital where he died. The suspect was convicted of murder and died in prison.
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