JOHN W GILLEY
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Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 4-E: 20
Department: Kansas City, Kansas, P.D.
End of Watch: May 13, 1889
Cause: NIFE
Age: 37
Years of Service: 3
Description: Detective Gilley was attending a preliminary hearing for two suspects he had arrested for burglary. While sitting in the courtroom, one of the suspects stood and stabbed the detective in the back of his neck. He died later from his wounds. He was a widower and left four sons behind.
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