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Edward Lowry

Case from Omaha, NE dated Feb 19, 1909

Victim Details

Edward Lowry

Male

White / Caucasian

Omaha

NE

1909-02-19

42

Edward

Lowry

07/07/2026

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In the winter of 1909, Edward Lowry, a 42-year-old White male police officer in South Omaha, Nebraska, found his life cut tragically short. On the evening of February 19th, Lowry arrested a Greek immigrant named John Masourides. The arrest stemmed from an alleged inappropriate relationship between Masourides and a 17-year-old local girl to whom he had been giving English lessons. As Officer Lowry was escorting Masourides to the police station, the situation took a fatal turn.

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