Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds

Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds Three Shot, 2 Stabbed and Another Beaten with Pipe But All Recovered, Police Records Show— First Case 30 Years Old The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits early Sunday marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department. Three other members of the department have been shot in battles with bandits, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived. More than 30 years ago Patrolman George Miller was stabbed in the abdomen during a Third Ward election fight in which a Philadelphia man was slain. The late Capt. William F. Schregler, head of the detective bureau for years, was wounded in a duel with safe crackers at Broadway and Carman street about 28 years ago. He was a patrolman at the time and was rewarded with promotion to head of the detective bureau when he recovered. Another casualty was Patrolman Thomas Brothers. He went into a house to capture a burglar. The man was standing in a dark spot behind a door and as the patrolman passed he struck him down with an iron pipe. Brothers suffered a fractured skull and was in the hospital for several weeks. The suspect was never captured. Years later Brothers was a special officer at the Lyric Theatre. Patrolman Robert Ward was shot June 16, 1925, at Sixth and Jackson streets as he stepped up to an automobile to question its occupants. One of these suspects was captured. Ward recovered after being in the hospital for weeks. Policeman Maurice Minch was shot and severely wounded in an attempt to arrest a man responsible for a race riot. Minch was wounded in a bicycle store and the proprietor was killed about seven years ago. Detective Robert Ashenfelter was wounded on August 24, 1931, and a burglar suspect slain in a gun fight at Thirty-second street and Pierce avenue. Police surprised three suspects robbing a chain grocery store. Going inside of the store Ashenfelter was felled with a bullet in the dark, Police opened fire with a machine gun and one man was slain. Patrolman John Taylor was stabbed by a man he attempted to arrest on Taylor avenue on May 18, 1930. He wounded the man after the stabbing. Two months later he and his brother, Robert, were beaten up by a gang at Eleventh and Cooper streets when he tried to break up rowdyism with fireworks.