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marshal dahimselfin theeterson.Mr. Monroefusion which on the part lt;Monroe’s cof thehappen nighty rap-(Continuedidly. While Parsons attempted toa concrete platform. As he fell heaway with the car, Mr*. Par-a shotguntoor words to that effect. The offie-motioo turned thesons* fibs andshoot.When Personswarduring theworJowaF^^^^^^^BDuring his first terms as chiefHH^H^^Pof police all of the patrolling and j would. never bedfuSagainst Per-■ women toi hoistedCiiuTIvSCQaLater he was head of the police de-,Krtmcnt when the automobile had {foundgun to present new problemsenforcing the lawreplied that nothing b ■■Ml savThimbut thefromconnectionMonroe is a large more than six feet inhe weieouleprim pounds and accordingly.•ouMHe ison roe’s wife died in 1947.allHe has three daughters, whom live in Lawrence.Mrs. Joe Rapp, Mrs. Marie son and Miss Susie Monroe.PfTwere shot out.^liup a bushel basket!**”7 typ. soddeactheir guns at the policei L , .station next day. Cars draggingrraad children living here are Joe water heater tanka speeded aboutand Agnes Rapp and LaVererecalls that R. R. “Bob’* Rutherfordor fo with him as ho went to work j right and dutyRuthorford’s I and consideration for others. Pertn the evenichildren dosame thing now. haps it may seem strange to findDuring his career as a police officer I these characteristics in a manand right watchman Jim Monroe j sworn to enforce the law, but theyhas had to shoot only one man and | are controlling influences in Mon-that man was not wounded serious- roe’s life,yet he has neverIv. The victim was a colored man j permitted his Tdnd heart to interfere 1who was caught stealing coal in analley, Monroe ordered him to haltwith the enforcement of law.and when the man did not do so the night watch man hit him in the shoulder from a distance of abouta half a block. Moprooe himselfhas never been banned seriouslywhile on duty.- He bears a scar on htfc lip which was received in a rather peculiar fnanner. A coloredIt always has prevented, however, the abuse of the one under arrest.Monroe has always believed thatthe position of an officer of law is a proud one and that an officer owes it to the community to keep himself well dressed. He was the first Lawrence policeman to have a uniform and cap and hewomen waslodged in the old city jail. He was standing outside the cell when therisorer suddenly reached thru thers and stabbed Monroe with apenknife.- Altho he has escaped serious injury, Mr. Monroe has a deep respect for the danger involved inpolice work.bought them out of his own money.A picture of Mr. Monroe appearsXJNIon a page of “Lawrence, Kansas.” by E. F. Caldwell and published in 1898. Monroe was then chief ofOther pictures on the page ate those of W. C. Spangler, city attorney; R. C. Manley, police judge; Sam Leans, assistant chief of police; C. T. K. Prentice, ex-chief4iEverything may be going well!?f Pplioe; Tom Covey, policemanbut you never know what you are I No. 2; Dan Morton, policeman No.1igoing up against,” he says.* Veteran police officers recall8: and George Fisher, policemanMonroe’s capture of two MexicansMonroe and Manley took their of-as they were attempting to'rob the I **ccs at tho same time: Ed Martin-Viv Johnson clothing store located dale, editor of a democratic paper,Fthat Law-on the present site of the Hem commented editorially Drug store. Monroe found the door rence would enjoy a Manley en-anlocked and went into, the store. 1 forcement of the Monroe doctrine.After locating the robbers amongthan withter locating the robbers the clothing he coveredbis gun and phoned to the police I Susie, is included in the edition ofA story illustrated with a picture of Mr. Monroe and his daughter.station for assistance. Henry Smith,jpldest of the local police1 officers,(which was published by the Journal-“ Lawrence Today ami Yesterday”was one of the men answering thekali. * ‘_ . . World in 1918 as a magazine andOne Mexican carried a razor | souvenir edition commemoratingtho semi-centennial memorial ofand the other had a letter opener e had nicked up in the store. With it tie difficulty the thieves taken to jail and locked op.He has prevented robberies while patrolling the mleither side of MassachuLawrence, Kan.A part of the story reads as follows; Fleyson eitner siae * . . .setts street. At one time he found the front and hack door of the In-Buliene and Hackman“Big Jim” Monroe has as big aheart as he has body. like Javert.heVictor Hugo’s famous officer, never swerves from his duty and innes,Goods store barricaded but forcedhis way in the building and routedthe robbers.1 recenfound men hiding in back of____store and the Newman 1 charactershoe store. For many years he has been a night “accommodationthe 21 years that he has been serving in an official capacity as railway guard, city marshal and night watchman, never a word has everhis officialagainstJames H. Monroeman” for nracticallv evervhorn in Lawrence 53 years %go andfor 41 years he has lived at 915 New Jersey street He has two
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1931
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