Robert Hannah

Murdered

Sergeant Robert Hannah, a 51-year-old officer with the Billings Police Department, was tragically killed in the line of duty on July 2, 1904. He was responding to a robbery in progress at a local saloon and gambling hall when he was fatally shot. Two suspects had entered the establishment through a rear door, and as they made their way inside, two patrons, alerted to the commotion, exited through the front. These patrons encountered Sergeant Hannah and alerted him to the robbery.

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