Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Doubledee, Kenmore Police Department, Ohio

Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Doubledee

Kenmore Police Department, Ohio

End of Watch Thursday, October 12, 1916

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Arthur A. Doubledee

Deputy Marshal Doubledee was stabbed to death after he and another deputy marshal arrested two escapees from the Kenmore Jail at the intersection of Steiner Street and Sweitzer Street in Akron.

The stabbing occurred when the officers and their prisoners boarded a street car to return to Kenmore. Deputy Marshal Doubledee was stabbed in the back and face. He died en route to the hospital.

His 19-year-old subject was arrested and charged with his murder.

The badge displayed on this memorial is Deputy Marshal Doubledee's actual badge.

Bio

Age 38
Tour Not available
Badge 2

Incident Details

Cause Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
Offender Charged with murder

arrest, escapee

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NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Doubledee of the Kenmore Police Department, Ohio and the additional 80 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

October 12, 2023