In the early hours of a November morning in 1921, Wichita Patrolman Robert Fitzpatrick, a 30-year-old male, was on duty, unaware that it would be his last. He was a veteran of the United States Army Medical Corps, having served in World War I, and was now a husband and a father to three children. His life was one of service, a quality that he carried with him onto the police force in a city grappling with violent crime.
The night was cool and dark as Patrolman Fitzpatrick and his partner
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