ELMER P GLAEFKE
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 29-W: 1
Department: Cleveland, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: September 12, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: 8
Description: Officer Glaefke was shot and killed while he and his partner were searching three suspicious men for concealed weapons. While his partner was searching one of the men, the other two turned and shot him in the head, heart and abdomen. His partner pursued the men, but they got away. All three men were eventually caught and charged with murder
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