Chicago Police Memorial

Just Reward

The police officer stood and faced his Maker, which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. "Step forward now, police officer  how shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To your Maker, have you been true?"  The police officer, with squared shoulders, said "No sir, I guess I ain't.  Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a saint. I've had to work most Sundays and at times my talk was rough, and sometimes I've been violent, because the streets are tough. But I never took a penny, that wasn't mine to keep. Though I worked a lot of overtime  when the bills just got too steep. And I never passed by a cry for help, though sometimes I shook with fear, and sometimes, please forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears. I know I don't deserve a place among the people here. They never wanted me around except to calm their fears. But if you have a place for me here well...it need not be too grand. I never expected or had too much so if you don't...I'll understand." There was silence all around the room where the saints respectfully stood.  As the police officer waited quietly, for the judgment...bad or good. "Step forward now police officer, you've borne your burdens well.  Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets; you've done your time in Hell.

Detective Larry Wieda
Boulder Police Department
Boulder, Colorado

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God"

Matthew 5:9

 

1854

Officer Casper Lauer  (1820-1854)

September 18, 1854

Responding to a domestic disturbance Officer Lauer arrested the offender, Patrick Cunningham, who had been drinking heavily and abusing his parents.  As Lauer escorted the offender to the station, a struggle ensued during which the offender pulled out a knife, the weapon was described as "a wicked looking instrument", Cunningham stabbed Officer Lauer in the left side with the blade passing between two ribs. This murder took place at the intersection of Edina and Jackson (now Plymouth Court and Jackson Street).  Despite the wound Officer Lauer was able to strike two heavy blows to his assailants head with his Department-issued cane.  Cunningham fell to the gutter bleeding profusely. Officer Lauer secured the murder weapon and ordered the crowd not to let the offender escape.   Stopping a passing wagon, Officer Lauer was taken to the nearest drug store were vomiting and his clothes saturated with blood he was examined by a doctor. Officer Casper Lauer Died shortly thereafter.

Officer Casper Lauer's funeral was attended by a large crowd including Mayor Isaac Miliken.  The City Marshall (equivalent to today's Superintendent) Darias Knights issued a resolution expressing the Department's sorrow and the fine attributes of the fallen Officer. For the next 30 days Department Members wore a Badge of Mourning.

1870's

Patrick O'Meara #94
August 4, 1872
S.Wellington McArthur
June 29,1877
Albert Race #7
October 4, 1878

1880's

John Hueber #490
February 4, 1881
Timothy Mahoney #230
June 12, 1881
Daniel Crowley #296
August 3, 1881
Patrick M. O'Brien #198
August 3, 1881
Clarence E. Wright #255
November 29, 1882
Cornelius Barrett #63
May 31, 1885
Michael O'Brien #389
November 11, 1885 
Mathias J. Degan #648
May 4, 1886
George Miller #551
May 6, 1886
John Barrett #557
May 6, 1886
Timothy Flavihan #691
May 8, 1886
Michael Sheehan #545
May 9, 1886
Neis Hanson #822
May 14, 1886
Thomas Redden #621
May 16, 1886
Michael O'Brien #216
April 3, 1887
William Halloran #214
July 16, 1887
Phillip L. Robinson #777
September 5, 1887
John Keegan #768
November 4, 1887
Thomas O'Sullivan #811
June 13, 1888
Adam W. Freyer #752
August 9, 1889
James McDowell #763
October 3, 1889

1890's

George Schlinger #1671
October 10, 1891
William Schnell #2188
January 2, 1892
Jasper Cale #1703
February 10, 1892
John Powell #1168
September 8, 1892
Henry McDarrell #1609
September 8, 1892
Edward J. Carney #83
December 8, 1893
George Krum #1452
November 1, 1894
Edward Duddles #2507
January 3, 1895
John L. Blomberg #922
November 7, 1895
John Monoghan #3179
January 27, 1897
Patrick Fenton #1169
February 27, 1898
Bernard A. Kuebler #238
October 10, 1898
Edward J. Wallner #1533
January 5, 1899
Edward Leach #2766
February 10, 1899

1900's

John F. McDermott #1885
April 11, 1900
Timothy S. O'Connell #266
May 3, 1900
William F. Messenger #71
April 25, 1901
Patrick Duffy #1190
May 1, 1902
Timothy T. Devine #1814
August 12, 1902
Charles Pennell #1852
August 12, 1902
Michael O'Rourke #426
January 24, 1903
John Quinn #2797
November 22, 1903
Joseph D. Driscoll #2774
December 1, 1903
Dennis Fitzgerald #786
January 20, 1904
Michael Shaughnessy #1475
May 22, 1904
James J. Keefe #1620
January 5, 1905
Richard F. Cummings #101
May 1, 1905
Patrick E. Blackwell #1235
May 10, 1905
John P. Shine #44
October 10, 1905
Luke J. Fitzpatrick #1084
November 19, 1906
Edward Smith #3002
August 4, 1907
Robert McAneney #1412
November 16, 1907
William R. Mooney #2590
January 2, 1908
Michael D. Callahan #2842
January 3, 1908
William J. Russell #85
June 12, 1909
Henry Schnauble #1062
July 1, 1909

1910's

John Wren #3987
March 5, 1910
Patrick Melia #2243
April 27, 1910
Edward G. Shea #3399
June 16, 1910
Jesse C. Gilman #3953
December 24, 1910
Thomas E. Tighe #2700
February 10, 1911
Patrick Fogarty #1352
July 2, 1911
Thomas Schweig #3427
July 15, 1911
Charles T. Jones #3594
November 10, 1912
Peter M. Hart #1224
January 20, 1913
Andrew Gartley #4133
May 31, 1914
Stanley J. Birns #322
July 16, 1914
John Rowe #3045
August 16, 1914
George H. Trumbull #899
August 17, 1914
John J. Prendergast #375
August 30, 1914
Frank Dealy #539
October 5, 1914
William J. Rosenstretreter #3980
November 6, 1914
John Sausman #953
January 5, 1915
Thomas Colquit #108
February 10, 1915
James F. Mitchell #2949
November 15, 1915
Rudolph Skala #11
November 21, 1915
John C. Burke #1287
December 16, 1915
Bror A. Johnson #242
January 21, 1916
Bruno H. Fredericks #4813
January 21, 1916
Stewart N. Dean #72
July 18, 1916
John L. Bialk #474
September 21, 1916
John F. Maher #215
October 7, 1916
John Kenny
November 23, 1916
Edward J. Mulvihill #2432
December 18, 1916
Charles C.P. Larsen #4830
May 13, 1917
John Donner #125
May 17, 1917
Peter R. Bulfin #1746
July 13, 1917
Martin Corcoran #469
August 13, 1917
Joseph P Tiernan #3014
August 24, 1917
Joseph A. O'Connor #3704
November 4, 1917
Joseph H. Urban #518
December 6, 1917
Michael McGough #2982
December 7, 1917
George Clausen #3400
April 13, 1918
James F. Looney #821
May 1, 1918
Peter H. Ostiller #3376
June 12, 1918
Matthew J. Foley #170
September 12, 1918
John F. Schuetz #4381
January 27, 1919
James L. Hosna #324
February 6, 1919
Robert M. Love #80
April 9, 1919
Henry A. Mandleco #1403
April 23, 1919
Cornelius Wilson #2902
May 1, 1919
Richard J. Burke #1236
June 16, 1919
John W. Simpson #4774
July 28, 1919
Daniel J. Carton #3216
September 18, 1919
George C. Burns #207
October 3, 1919
Bernard J. Lenehan #536
October 5, 1919
Michael Duffy #141
November 30, 1919

1920's

Harry J. Busse #289
January 27, 1920
Dennis Wilson #3511
April 9, 1920
William A. Roberts #3566
May 14, 1920
William R. King #417
May 25, 1920
Frank J. McGurk #557
August 3, 1920
James A. Mulcahy #536
August 23, 1920
William E. Hennessy #2461
August 23, 1920
Edward W. Marpool #618
October 26, 1920
Joseph L. Pijanowski #1427
November 18, 1920
Charles R. Conlon #104
December 16, 1920
Timothy O'Connor #2079
December 20, 1920
John Mullen #4275
January 3, 1921
Martin J. Collins #263
January 4, 1921
Patrick J. O'Neill #2963
March 23, 1921
Joseph Kurtz #2711
June 7, 1921
Thomas W. Burke #4986
June 16, 1921
Thomas J. Egan #595
August 25, 1921
Paul Schultz #4349
October 16, 1921
Charles Paldina #493
January 20, 1922
Ernest H. Cassidy #2692
April 3, 1922
Thomas J. Clark #3509
May 10, 1922
Terrance Lyons #11
May 11, 1922
Robert Gibbons #138
June 26, 1922
Patrick H. Doherty #1978
August 10, 1922
Ralph S. Sounders #360
December 19, 1922
William J. O'Malley #2
December 30, 1922
Blanton W. Sutton #5275
June 24, 1923
Lawrence C. Hartnett #3044
October 27, 1923
Daniel J. Carey #116
December 15, 1923
Vincent Skiva #1707
January 7, 1924
William F. Bunda #3848
April 7, 1924
James A. Williams #942
July 16, 1924
Frank C. McGlynn #2229
July 18, 1924
Harry Gaster #4913
August 10, 1924
Cornelius Broderick #4643
August 24, 1924
David Boitano #3850
September 25, 1924
Michael Murtaugh #2565
October 11, 1924
Harry J. Crowley #160
November 8, 1924
Peter Melody #1334
November 27, 1924
Edward J. Cleary #4220
November 29, 1924
William A. Perrin #846
November 30, 1924
William Holmes #4042
December 24, 1924
James A. Henry #3275
January 21, 1925
Thomas J. Babbington #575
January 26, 1925
Lawrence Sullivan #5225
April 16, 1925
Edward E. Dean #4480
June 11, 1925
Chrles B. Walsh #2811
June 13, 1925
Harold F. Olson #2911
June 13, 1925
James P. Baggott #3125
June 17, 1925
Patrick J. McGovern #4336
June 22, 1925
William Allison #304
June 23, 1925
Harry J. Gray #886
November 2, 1925
Frederick M. Schmitz #1253
November 9, 1925
George W. Thompson #2009
November 14, 1925
James H. Carroll #517
November 28, 1925
Edward C. Finnegan #2444
March 27, 1926
Edward F. Mashek #3975
April 8, 1926
Frank J. Blazek #4901
April 29, 1926
Michael A. Madigan #5347
June 18, 1926
Patrick J. Daley #1178
June 27, 1926
Theodore J. Anderson #3034
July 23, 1926
John J. Byrnes #4730
September 30, 1926
Walter J. Riley #266
October 26, 1926
Floyd Beardsley #881
October 31, 1926
Julian A. Bonfield #2310
December 15, 1926
James A. Bender #2958
February 10, 1927
Leo Grant #3751
March 12, 1927
James Cooley #792
April 4, 1927
Kazimer Wistert #247
June 7, 1927
Thomas W. Kehoe #900
June 23, 1927
James C. Farley #5269
June 23, 1927
Thomas J. Healy #5416
August 8, 1927
Patrick F. Delaney #417
October 4, 1927
Edward T. Murphy Lt
February 9, 1928
Eugene J. Keegan #571
February 9, 1928
Edward McGuire #1513
February 24, 1928
Walter E. Lilly #5616
February 28, 1928
John Chiska #888
April 5, 1928
Jesse Sneed #5078
April 11, 1928
Emil Shogren #985
April 18, 1928
Arthur F. Esau #4967
April 27, 1928
William A. O'Connor #3470
June 4, 1928
Leonard T. Jagla #1151
September 4, 1928
James J. O'Brien #1544
September 16, 1928
Michael J. Lynch #5343
December 8, 1928
Arthur Vollmar #886
February 22, 1929
Raymond E. Martin #2313
May 15, 1929
John L. Conley #4636
May 21, 1929
Joseph J. Sullivan #5421
May 22, 1929
Herbert N. Hagberg #1028
May 31, 1929
Earl K. Leonard #4558
June 9, 1929
William Gallagher #1162
June 25, 1929
John J. Sweeney #411
July 7, 1929
Jesse D. Hults #3629
September 26, 1929
Fred Mudloff #186
October 6, 1929
George F. Giovannoni #1619
October 19, 1929
Michael T. Langan 4860
December 30, 1929

1930's

Jerry E. Murphy #4447
January 14, 1930
John J. Ryan #5618
January 24, 1930
Louis C. Szewczyk #2521
January 27, 1930
Harry Olsen #219
February 8, 1930
George R. Neill #5166
May 22, 1930
John J. Guiltanane #1325
July 18, 1930
Jeremiah E. O'Connell #1977
July 30, 1930
Thomas Locashio #184
September 9, 1930
William I. McCann #34
September 16, 1930
William P. Rumbler #2358
October 12, 1930
Joseph M. Fitzpatrick #210
October 25, 1930
Harry Francois #629
November 20, 1930
Hubert J. Dillon #4957
November 23, 1930
James S. Corcoran #5044
November 25, 1930
John Vondruska #6048
January 1, 1931
Patrick J. Gallagher #4966
April 14, 1931
Anthony L. Ruthy #4158
April 30, 1931
Patrick Durkin #1549
May 2, 1931
Edward F. Smith #4567
May 30, 1931
Edward M.J. O'Donnell #3363
June 9, 1931
Thomas J. Johnson #387
June 22, 1931
James J. Casey #2807
July 1, 1931
Joseph V. Isaccs #5914
October 10, 1931
James J. Caplis #1511
December 12, 1931
Michael W. Oakley #5445
December 31, 1931
Arthur W. Wittbrodt #271
January 16, 1932
Martin Knudson #1457
February 5, 1932
George T. Barker #175
March 13, 1932
Raymond C. Kelly #5396
April 3, 1932
Robert H. Granger #5788
April 9, 1932
William G. Gagler #1634
June 19, 1932
Frank J. Cunningham #60
July 19, 1932
Patrick Madden #3540
November 20, 1932
William D. Lundy #2179
December 9, 1932
Maurice Marcusson #1865
January 23, 1933
Roscoe C. Johnston #3227
March 21, 1933
Arthur D. Mutter #1000
April 18, 1933
Stanley J. Lutke #6510
April 30, 1933
Oscar E. Brosseau #174
June 20, 1933
Harry J. Redlich #5406
July 8, 1933
Elmer R. Ostling #1189
July 22, 1933
John Skopek #6614
July 22, 1933
John G. Sevick #6575
July 24, 1933
Patrick J. Ryan #4940
August 8, 1933
Joseph P. Hastings #6384
August 14, 1933
Willard E. Hoard #223
September 10, 1933
Miles Cunningham #1150
September 22, 1933
William T. Shanley #760
December 14, 1933
Thomas Murphy #2533
February 1, 1934
John R. Officer #700
April 13, 1934
Victor H. Sugg #3701
April 24, 1934
Patrick J. Redmond #1583
May 9, 1934
Stanley L. Bobosky #1446
July 6, 1934
William F. Penny #5365
July 24, 1934
Anton Zapolsky #5369
July 30, 1934
James F. Day Lt
September 19, 1934
Louis F. Furst #6347
September 22, 1934
Thomas E. Torpy #525
September 22, 1934
Alfred M. Stokke #2571
January 25, 1935
Thomas Kelma #427
May 31, 1935
William H. Stringfello #2272
October 3, 1935
Joseph Klocek #400
October 8, 1935
Joseph Isola #653
November 1, 1935
Arthur Swanson #547
May 21, 1936
Jerome H. McCauley #6700
May 29, 1936
John J. Freichel #3710
August 23, 1936
Frederick Fischer #36
October 22, 1936
Michael Toth #7334
November 8, 1936
Arthur J. Sullivan #3911
January 14, 1937
Bernard Klinke #229
February 22, 1937
Martin Wolski #559
March 26, 1938
Patrick E. O'Malley #1346
August 30, 1938
John A. Olson #5397
October 20, 1938
Edward J. Lynn #132
November 30, 1938
Philip J. Kelly #6161
May 10, 1939

1940's

Charles J. Speaker #357
June 30, 1941
Charles H. Williams #210
December 10, 1941
Martin C. McCaw #6991
April 27, 1942
Walter J. Storm #6891
 July 5, 1942
Ezra Caldwell #2969
December 16, 1944
Samuel M. Black #1121
December 16, 1944
Eugene L. Reid #5408
May 7, 1945
Morris Friedman #2619
June 25, 1945
George H. Helstern #1124
September 2, 1945
Charles A. Brady #6795
September 3, 1945
Spencer Thornton Jr. #327
September 3, 1945
Richard E. Pegue #371
July 3, 1946
Robert E. Oman #188
November 7, 1946
Donald Schodrof #4382
January 20, 1947
Louis A. Abbott #762
March 3, 1947
George T. Freeman #2370
April 26, 1947
Dewey L. Littleton #6884
August 13, 1947
David F. Keating #2259
September 20, 1949

1950's

William B. Murphy #867
April 24, 1950
Edward T. Crowley #929
July 14, 1950
Donald E. McCormick #7330
July 14, 1950
George J. Sperakos #669
April 24, 1952
William A. Fuller #3327
April 2, 1953
Charles C. Kraatz #5702
May 8, 1953
Anthony Cannata #2216
June 15, 1953
Oreste Gonzales #6362
October 8, 1953
Jeremiah Lucey #1831
February 7, 1954
Roman C. Steinke #4706
February 13, 1954
Richard J. Roushorn #374
September 11, 1954
Charles P. Annerino #7936
October 22, 1954
Bernie Poe #6509
November 8, 1954
Albert H. Brown #2806
July 19, 1955
William J. Murphy #7438
August 15, 1955
Lyons Kelliher #6695
January 25, 1956
John J. Blyth Jr. #1395
June 16, 1956
Robert R. Golden #420
November 14, 1956
Osbourne Sims #4848
December 6, 1956
James E. Mitchell #9840
April 14, 1957
Michael E. Lukaszewski #7165
June 30, 1957
Barney L. Halperin #7214
December 20, 1957
John W. Quirk #9866
January 13, 1958
Mitchell A. Stone #4030
April 29, 1959

1960's

Leonard F. Baldy #1451
May 2, 1960
Joseph E. Chapman Jr. #6239
May 8, 1960
Melvin L. Gossmeyer #9775
July 17, 1960
William A. Flowers #1872
October 26, 1960
William R. Johnson #6996
November 18, 1960
LaVaughn White #7473
June 5, 1961
Samuel H. Hall #5190
October 1, 1962
Charles E. Eichorst #1364
August 4, 1965
Claude M. Fisher #1570
April 19, 1966 
Daniel J. Quinnan #7899
September 20, 1966
William Y. Bell #3565
February 6, 1967
Gerald E. Doll #477
March 29, 1967
Herman Stallworth #10965
May 23, 1967
John Collins #11835
December 13, 1967
Charles Pollard #5540
December 14, 1967
Young C. Hobson #11181
May 3, 1968
Henry Peeler #11174
June 5, 1968
John R. Tucker #9168
October 8, 1968
Clayton Robinson #6166
October 25, 1968
Joseph F. Ferguson #6892
December 27, 1968
James R. Schaffer #824
April 14, 1969
Jerome A. Stubig #9127
April 14, 1969
Erwin Jackson #12433
April 24, 1969
Leroy N. Berry Jr. #12789
October 9, 1969
Frank G. Rappaport #12256
November 13, 1969
John Gilhooly #3502
November 13, 1969
Oliver J. Singleton #2131
November 27, 1969

1970's

James E. O'Connor #434
January 28, 1970
Thomas J. Kelly #12145
March 3, 1970
Melvin Brown #12360
June 3, 1970
Kenneth G. Kaner #2662
June 19, 1970
Anthony N. Rizzato #12407
July 17, 1970
James L. Severin #1319
July 17, 1970
James A. Alfano #4707
August 16, 1970
John J. Matonich #5670
October 16, 1970
Paul G. Thomas Jr. #5620
November 20, 1970
Edgar J. Bronson #13534
January 30, 1971
Melvin A. Galloway #13794
March 21, 1971
Robert L. Gallowitch #15442
May 24, 1972
Edward M. Madden #7711
October 2, 1972
Robert F. Wenzel #7495
January 19, 1973
Wendell H. Hicks #11561
March 29, 1973
Louis Cullotta #11801
July 26, 1973
Thomas J. Adams Jr. #2210
August 26, 1973
Edward L. Barron #14571
September 28, 1973
James W. Campbell #15250
February 9, 1974
Bruce N. Garrison #14775
February 27, 1974
William C. Marsek #14086
February 27, 1974
Robert J. Strugala #10236
June 16, 1974
Otha LeMons #1048
August 5, 1974
Harl G. Meister #10054
December 23, 1974
Jessie J. Brown #10329
February 11, 1975
Joseph Cali #3271
May 20, 1975
Patrick J. Crowley #3614
September 13, 1976
Terrance E. Loftus #5701
October 12, 1976
Michael R. Palese #1514
March 22, 1977
James Koumoundouros #4514
September 7, 1977
Roger W. Van Schaik #14299
March 3, 1979
William P. Bosak #3319
March 3, 1979
Jose M. Torres #13988
August 21, 1979

1980's

James J. Riordan #103
June 6, 1981
James E. Doyle #9093
February 5, 1982
Richard J. O'Brien #5337
February 9, 1982
William P. Fahey #4194
February 10, 1982
Martin E. Darcy Jr. #6444
September 27, 1982
Hamp T. McMikel #1541
November 20, 1982
Larry Vincent #15161
January 14, 1983
Wayne J. Klacza #16469
June 28, 1983
Anthony L. Creed #3245
August 30, 1983
Fred Eckles Jr. #13561
anuary 17, 1984
Dorelle C. Brandon #2684
January 25, 1984
Wayne G. King #7413
July 12, 1985
Richard W. Clark #13034
April 3, 1986
Richard Davenport #2280
August 4, 1986
Jay F. Brunkella #3429
October 4, 1986
William M. Morrison Jr. #9593
September 4, 1987
Lee R. Seward #15906
December 30, 1987
John W. Mathews #9827
May 21, 1988
Irma Ruiz #16823
September 22, 1988
Elijah Harris #15208
November 16, 1988
 

1990's

Gregory A. Hauser #14680
May 13, 1990
Raymond C. Kilroy #14686
May 13, 1990
Johnny L. Martin #16576
June 28, 1990
Eddie N. Jones #11120
January 7, 1991
Robert H. Perkins #16557
March 7, 1992
John J. Lyons #3124
October 5, 1992
Gerald L. Wright #3845
August 7, 1993
Daniel J. Doffyn #14030
March 8, 1995
James M. O'Connor #4573
September 16, 1995
Dell O. Fountain #18247
March 22, 1996
David C. Evans #9398
August 25, 1997
Gregory I. Young #16148
September 18, 1997
Frank Belzano
November 14, 1997
Richard R. Schott #12028
December 3, 1997
Michael A. Ceriale #17429
August 21, 1998
John C. Knight #5119
January 9, 1999
James H. Camp #3934
March 9, 1999
2000's
Sgt. Alane M. Stoffregen #1203
June 2, 2000
Brian Strouse #15806
June 30, 2001
Eric D. Lee #16947
August 19, 2001
Sergeant Hector A. Silva #1760
October 2, 2001
Donald J. Marquez #8620
March 19, 2002
 Benjamin Perez #12225
September 18, 2002
Sergeant Philip J. O'Reilly #2321
March 16, 2003
Michael Gordon #18751
August 8, 2004
Eric Solorio #13609
February 12, 2006
Richard Francis #5276
July 2, 2008
 


Oh Almighty God Whose Great Power And Eternal Wisdom Embraces The Universe, Watch Over All Policemen and Law Enforcement Officers. Protect Them From Harm In The Performance Of Their Duty To Stop Crime, Robberies, Riots And Violence. We Pray, Help Them Keep Our Streets And Homes Safe Day And Night. We Recommend Them To Your Loving Care Because Their Duty Is Dangerous. Grant Them Your Unending Strength And Courage In Their Daily Assignments. Dear God, Protect These Brave Men & Women, Grant Them Your Almighty Protection, Unite Them Safely With Their Families After Duty Has Ended.

AMEN