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Robert Allen Lilly

Case from Elkins, WV dated Jul 22, 1901

Victim Details

Robert Allen Lilly

Male

White / Caucasian

Elkins

WV

1901-07-22

49

Robert

Allen Lilly

08/19/2026

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Robert Allen Lilly was a 49-year-old White/Caucasian man serving as chief of police in Elkins, West Virginia, when a routine attempt to make an arrest turned into a fatal gun battle on Monday evening, July 22, 1901. The incident began near the Wilson Street swinging bridge along the river, where Officer Lantz encountered William "Will" Brooks with a woman and attempted to take them into custody for conduct that was then punishable as a misdemeanor. Brooks produced a revolver, pointed it at Lantz ...
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