William Schaefer

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William Schaefer (??? - 1893) - was a Leechburg Police Chief that was killed during a bank robbery in 1893.

[edit] From the original NY Times article:

Driven away after they had killed The Chief of Police

Pittsburgh, Penn., Feb. 21. -- Late this evening four masked men boldly attempted to rob the City Bank in Leechburg, Penn., thirty miles from Pittsburgh, on the West Pennsylvania Railroad.

They were discovered before they had accomplished their design, and one of the robbers was arrested. The other three escaped after a desperate encounter with the police officers.

During the fight one of the robbers shot and almost instantly killed William Schaefer, Chief of Police of the town.

A description of the robbers has been telegraphed to all surrounding towns, and a posse is in hot pursuit, tracking the fugitives in the snow.