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MarsJulliewn, fow*, Tjm#i-K*publie«n, Tu#u, Jun# 30, 1953be ents hir-:ake pro-vlth s. x rt de-rith lent at. :re nt in as n-a-II,^ ECU AN IZAT ION FOR FIREMEN This is the first automotive fire truck, a four-cylinder . EARLY PATROL WAGON—ThisKissell Kar, which was bought March 14, 1912. Two more were received in 1914. The driver shown | lice department: The first patrolhere is C. C. Pigman, a former chief. ! C, . . .._ I pstrol wagon arrived, a firemanCITY OF MARSHALLTOWNMARSHALLTOWNIOWAUniformed Police Department followed Town Marshal In 1892intoillswnthesixiesTo the Citizens of Marshalltown:On the occasion of our Centennial, Marshalltown Citizens aie justly proud and take great pride in the sleady progress and growth of our City from its inception to this—its 100th Anniversary.Inere have always been those among its citizens who-have given unselfishly both of their worldly goods and their time and effort in anticipation of its greater future.i Pichitendhears.heerasThe records are replete with instances of community progress and co-operation of far reaching import from the donation of the land upon which the present Court House is built, the pooling of resources to procure the Iowa Soldiers Home,’ the locating and building of railroads to the present day.With present day prospering business outlets, established manufacturing institutions and a complete utility servicing, the future of our community is both bright and on sound ground.Marshalltown had a town marshal soon after it was incorporated as a town in 1863 but it did not have a .uniformed police department until 1892.At that time the department had five members They were G. R. Haas, Dan Burem, Curt F razier, Frank Eichorn and Charles Hurd. Haas was the marshal or chief.May we all have the spirit of those leaders of the.past to insure for tiie future, a continued growth and prosperity fot the genera] welfare and well being of all those in our community and surrounding communities.Those leaders of the past are to be commended and congratulated for the fine leadership they have gjven us.Respectfully yours' 1mVtGRADUALLY THE department has been built up to its present strength of 19 men.Activity by the department probably was highest in the 1920’s when much effort was expended in putting bootleggers out of business. Five men were shot md illed by policemen in 1920 and 1921. Two policemen were seriously wounded in the same period.Prior to 1922 jobs as policemen were political plumbs but that was changed in 1922 when a civil service commission was established. Only the police chief’s position is controlled bv the mayor and the chief can retain his rating of patrol man if removed from the chief’s position by the mayor.The city’s first police matron, Mrs. Emma Burkey, was appointed in 1922 but she resigned in July, 1923.MURDERS IN Marshalltown were fairly common until the last 25 or o0 years. Since then three murders have occurred in the I city. A bootlegger was killed in 1926, a razor killing occurred in 1943 and a man killed his former-wife’s boy friend in a tavern Christmas Eve, 1949, by stabbing him in the abdomen with a pocket knife.F our policemen staged a strikeiTl 1Q97 nofiiolw*. T- *horsedrawn. When the police got its first motor vehicle, a fireman was assigned as driver. -At present the department has two squad cars and a three-wheel motorcycle.Radio equipment was installed in the station and the squad cars in 1930. Since then it has been modernized and replaced several times but is in constant use between the cars, from car to stn lion and from station to car. Police departments in other cities, sheriff offices here and in adjacent counties and highway pa trot cars and stations all can be reached by radio.Since 1911, when the first title chief of police was given in Marshalltown, the following men have held that position: Michael Clark, 1911-13.W, M. Lage, 1913-15. 1919-1921 C. F. Breckel, 1915-19.Frank Campbell, 1921-23.A. A. Nicholson, 1923-25.J, It. Meekins. 1925-27.J. F, Giassco, 1927-31.W. W. Akers, 1931-35.Harold Block, 1935-46.Finley Turner, 1946.R. S. Smith, 1947-51.C. H. Pfeiffer, 1951-53.Delos Dooley, acting chief *-f fective 6-1-53.Webster Held U. S. Post Byron Webster of Marshalltown was a collector of United states revenue under President Cleveland, being appointed Mav 1, 1885.IT
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Marshalltown Times Republican
Marshalltown, Iowa, US
Tue, Jun 30, 1953
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