Patrolman Robert McAneney
Chicago Police Department
Illinois

End of Watch: Saturday, November 16, 1907
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 1412

Patrolman Robert McAneney was shot and killed during a burglary.

Officer McAneney, who was still in uniform as he walked home from work, interrupted a burglary in progress at 63rd Street and Wentworth Avenue. He was shot as he began to question the felon.

The killer remained unidentifed until May 1909 when he confessed to the murder while in the Joliet Penitentiary for unrelated crimes.

 
Photograph: Patrolman Robert McAneney

Patch image: Chicago Police Department, Illinois

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