CLARENCE FRUEH
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 44-E: 6
Department: Freeport, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: June 29, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 2
Description: Patrolman Frueh was shot in the head with a .22 revolver as he was transporting a suspect to retrieve a gun. The suspect was a member of a gang of robbers who had killed St. Louis Police Officer William Griffin during a robbery attempt earlier that month on June 10th. The suspect attempted to get away on Patrolman Frueh's motorcycle but crashed and broke his neck.
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