E. C. Barnes

On April 7, 1924, Officers Emmet Barnes, J.K. Etzold, and T.L. Monroe were at a dry goods store at 6002 East Fifteenth Street, attempting to catch a robber who was hiding inside the building. Officer Barnes was covering the front door, and Etzold and Monroe the back entrance. Etzold and Monroe (who believed the robber was about to come out their exit) heard shots coming from the front of the building. They rushed to the front and found Barnes still standing by the front door. The two officers pursued the fleeing robber, and were joined by Officer W.C. Robeen. Although the robber staggered as if wounded, he remained ahead of the officers and disappeared after entering an alley between Lee and White Avenues. When the three officers returned, they found Barnes still standing by the door. He had been wounded in the neck and was unable to speak. His gun was gone. He was taken to the East Side hospital, where he died fifteen minutes later.
Officer Barnes was a class B patrolman on the force since 1922, and worked out of the Sheffield station. Before joining the force, he had fought in World War I. He was twenty-eight years old.

Barney Jasper

Born: September 2, 1883

The night of January 21, 1924, Officer Barney Jasper was walking in Little Italy, when an unknown assailant ambushed, and shot him in the back. He was found in front of 518 Forest Avenue, where he had fallen. Police theory was that the assailant had hidden behind a tall fence at the address, and fired on him from that spot. No motive was known for the crime.Officer Jasper died on January 22, 1924

George E. Lawson

Born: December 14, 1891

On March 7, 1924 Detective George E. Lawson and Officer E.T. Roberts were attempting to arrest two men who had just robbed the Faultless Laundry (1401 Woodland Avenue), when the men ran. Lawson reached the men a few seconds before Roberts, and called for them to halt. The men turned and fired on Lawson, fatally wounding him.

Officer Lawson joined the police force in September 1919, in March 1920 was made a patrolman, and in August 1921 became a detective

Officer Dennis J. Whalen was shot by a bandit at 1549 East Eighteenth Street December 31, 1923. He died of his injuries January 1, 1924.
Officer Whalen joined the police department in 1889, and had served as a beat patrolman, a special guard, and an executive officer. On April 30, 1913, he was responsible for the capture of the two men who had killed Officer Andrew Lynch. He was fifty-seven years old.

Born: April 2, 1879

The only information available regarding the death of Officer Cummings is that he was shot and killed in the line of duty during a gunfight with Wade Ralls on February 27, 1925.