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Frank Duncan

Case from Latonia, KY dated Jun 19, 1908

Victim Details

Frank Duncan

Male

Latonia

KY

1908-06-19

59

Frank

Duncan

06/20/2026

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In the early morning hours of June 19, 1908, in Latonia, Kentucky, Patrolman Frank Duncan, a 59-year-old respected officer of the Latonia Police Department, entered the saloon of his longtime friend, Scott W. 'Doc' Hopkins. Duncan, a married father of ten who had joined the force around 1905 after working as a house painter, was known in the community as a kind and efficient officer. On this particular night, it's believed he intended to enforce the midnight closing time for saloons, a point of ...
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