In the summer of 1902, a dedicated officer of the Kansas City Police Department, Sergeant Frank McNamara, lost his life in a violent confrontation. McNamara, a 43-year-old man who had immigrated from Ireland, was a respected member of the force, having been promoted to sergeant after arresting two robbery suspects at Union Station in 1901. He was a husband and a father to three young children.
On the evening of June 28, 1902, a distressed landlady named Lolie Miller sought help at the pol
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