Fred P. Widn

In the early morning hours of October 11, 1908, a sense of routine uneventfulness settled over Waterloo, Iowa. For 30-year-old male police officer, Fred P. Widmann, it was a night like many others, patrolling the quiet streets of the city. He met with a fellow officer for coffee, a brief respite in the long hours of their watch, before they parted ways to continue their rounds through the darkened alleys of the business district. Little did he know, this ordinary night was about to take a tragic ...

Patrolman Fred P. Widmann