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THE ONTARIO POLICE MEMORIAL
Ceremony of Remembrance
May 6, 2007
Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
Heroes in Life, Not Death
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The Ontario Police Memorial
The Memorial was created to honour those police officers in
the Province of Ontario who lost their lives in the line of duty.
The names of all known fallen officers are inscribed upon the
Wall of Honour.
This year, we add the names of the following “Heroes in Life,
Not Death.”
In Memoriam
Constable John C. Atkinson
Windsor Police 2006
Constable Donald J.Y. Doucet
Sault Ste. Marie Police 2006
Constable David Mounsey
Huron OPP 2006
To Honour Those Forgotten
Constable John R. Davey
Cornwall 1892
County Constable Albert C. Springstead
Wentworth 1919
Traffic Officer Miles Campbell
Dept. of Hwys. Ottawa 1929
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Ontario Police Memorial Foundation
6730 Davand Drive Unit 1 Mississauga, ON L5T 2K8 Phone (905) 670-9770 Fax (905) 670-9755
May 6, 2007
On behalf of the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation I would like to welcome
family members, honoured guests, police service members both active and
retired and members of the public to our 8th Annual Ceremony of Remembrance.
A special welcome is extended to the families of the Officers being honoured
here today.
The Ontario Police Memorial Wall of Honour enshrines the names of two hundred
and thirty one officers who have given their lives while serving and protecting
the people of Ontario. This year we sadly add three more names. Those who
lost their lives in service since May 2006 are; Constable John C. Atkinson of the
Windsor Police Service, Constable Donald J.Y. Doucet of the Sault Ste. Marie
Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police Constable David Mounsey of the
Huron OPP.
We are proudly adding three other names from Ontario's historic past. Officers
who were lost, in the performance of their sworn duty. They are; Constable John
R. Davey of the Cornwall Police, County Constable Albert C. Springstead of the
Wentworth County and Traffic Officer Miles Campbell of the Department of
Highways, Ottawa.
Today we gather in remembrance, fellowship and celebration of our 'Heroes in
Life, Not Death.”
Tim Zayack
President
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Ontario Police Memorial - Ceremony of Remembrance
May 7, 2006
We Shall Never Forget
The Ontario Police Memorial stands forever, a tribute to the bravery
and loyalty of Ontario’s policing community, silently honouring those
who paid the ultimate price for their dedication to duty.
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For additional photos please see page 32.
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Heroes in Life, Not Death
On August 12th, 1998, Waterloo Regional Police
Constable David Nicholson lost his life while
trying to recover the body of a child who drowned in the
Grand River at the Parkhill Dam in Cambridge, Ontario.
In expressing their appreciation and gratitude to family
and friends, Mrs. Wendy Nicholson and sons Mitch,
Reid and Josh stated in part, “.....Dave’s death has been
painful and devastating. He was our hero in life, not
death. Our memories of him are rich and
immeasurable, filling our hearts with both deep joy
and profound pain.....”
Wendy Nicholson’s words are the inspiration for the
inscription on the Ontario Police Memorial.
The Ontario Police Memorial Pin
The pewter pin replicates the Ontario
Police Memorial’s Wall of Honour.
The badge represents the police
officer’s authority, and the trillium the
official flower of the Province of Ontario. Family members of
the Honour Roll officers will have a white trillium on their pin.
The Ontario Police Memorial Pin has been approved for
uniform use by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police as
follows:
1. On the day that a police officer is killed in the line of duty,
until sundown on the day of the officer’s funeral.
2. During the Ontario Police Memorial Day, the first Sunday
in May.
3. During the Canadian Police/Peace Officer’s Memorial Day
on the last Sunday of September.
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The Ontario Police Memorial
Ceremony of Remembrance
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Officer in Charge: Inspector Charlie Green,
Durham Regional Police Service
Director, Ontario Police Memorial Foundation
Ontario Police Memorial Honour Guard
Consisting of representatives of police forces named
on the Memorial, under the command of
Sgt. Major Manuel Montero, London Police Service Colour Guard
10:00
Reading of the Honour Roll
Constable Ariel Reyes, Peel Regional Police Service
Constable Candy Graham, Toronto Police Service
10:30
Procession of Honour
Parade Marshall: Sgt. Stu Kellock, Toronto Police Service
Parade from Bloor Street proceeds along
Queen’s Park Crescent to Memorial site
Band
Ceremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police Service
Pipes and Drums
Senior Pipe Major Ian MacDonald
Senior Drum Major Robert Skinner
Toronto Police
Durham Regional Police, Halton Regional Police,
York Regional Police, Peel Regional Police,
Hamilton Police, Ottawa Police,
Commissioner’s Own Pipes and Drums (OPP),
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Greater Sudbury Police
Niagara Regional Police
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10:30
Prelude
Ontario Police Choruses
Durham Regional Police Chorus
Halton Regional Police Chorus
Hamilton Police Male Chorus
Hamilton Police Female Choir
Ontario Provincial Police Chorus
Niagara Regional Male Chorus
Ottawa Police Chorus
Toronto Police Association Male Chorus
Waterloo Regional Police Male Chorus
York Regional Police Male Chorus
10:55
Official Party
The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier
The Honourable Monte Kwinter,
Minister of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Vice Regal Party
The Honourable James K. Bartleman,
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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Master of Ceremony
Constable Judith Walker
South Simcoe Police Service
Flag Raising
Ontario Police Memorial Honour Guard
National Anthems of the United States of America and Canada
Opening Prayer
Chaplain: Reverend Tom Lowry
Barrie Police Service
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Welcome
Tim Zayack
President, Ontario Police Memorial Foundation
The Honourable Dalton McGuinty,
Premier of Ontario
Laying of Wreaths
On behalf of the People of Ontario
On behalf of the Government of Ontario
The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
On behalf of Members of Ontario’s Police Services and the
Sgt. Peter McGuinness, OPP
On behalf of the Police Officers of the
United States of America
Sgt. Clyde Doty
New York State Parks Police
New York
On behalf of the Families
Shelley Atkinson, Debbie Doucet and Brenda Carey
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Amazing Grace
Pipe Majors
Pipes & Drums
ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
Last Post
Constable Jim Gordon,
Guelph
Moment of Silence
Lament
Pipe Major Ian MacDonald, Toronto Police Pipe Band
Firing of Salute
2 Military Police Unit
Reveille
Constable Jim Gordon,
Guelph
Benediction
Chaplain: Reverend Tom Lowry
Barrie Police Service
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Ceremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police Service
Closing Remarks
Constable Judith Walker
South Simcoe Police Service
March Past
Procession of Honour will march past on
Queen’s Park Crescent
The Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor
will receive the salute
A commemorative poster will be available
to all participants and guests
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The Honour Roll
High County Constable John Fisk
King Township (Village of York)
1804
Provincial Constable William Irving Jr.
Webbwood
1904
Constable Timothy C. Pomeroy
Middlesex County
1829
High County Constable Archibald Pow
Woodstock Police
1907
Constable William Pope
London Police
1891
Chief John A. McCarthy Jr.
Stratford Police
1913
Detective Henry H. Phair
London Police
1892
Constable Matthew Hamilton
Stratford Police
1913
Constable John R. Davey
Cornwall
1892
Detective Frank A. Williams
Toronto Police
1918
Constable Robert Rankin
Chatham Police
1893
County Constable Albert C. Springstead
Wentworth
1919
Constable William Lindsay
Comber Police
1894
Constable Richard A. Beard
Napanee Police
1921
Constable Michael Toohey
London Police
1898
Constable Reginald Pryer
Hamilton Police
1921
Constable William Boyd
York County
1901
Constable Joseph Trueman
Thorold Police
1922
Constable James Barron
Hamilton Police
1903
Constable William M. Holloway
Guelph Police
1922
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Constable Fred LeFebvre
North Bay Police
1923
Constable Norman F. Maker
Ontario Provincial Police
Peterborough
1928
Sergeant John Urquhart
Cobalt
1923
Constable Albert E. Fisher
Toronto Police
1928
Traffic Officer John E. Waddell
Dept. of Highways, London
1925
Detective William R. Clark
Hamilton Police
1929
Constable Fredrick Raynes
Hamilton Police
1925
Constable Thomas I. Kehoe
Bancroft Police
1929
County Constable Evariste Laframboise
Essex County
1925
Traffic Officer Fred Bingley
Dept. of Highways, Hagersville
1929
Inspector Thomas H. Constable
Cochrane
1926
Traffic Officer Miles Campbell
Dept. of Highways, Ottawa
1929
Constable Charles W. St. Charles
Madoc Police
1926
Sergeant Thomas Kirk
York County Police
1930
Traffic Officer
William O.K. McGillivary
Dept. of Highways, Toronto
1927
Constable James A. McNicoll
Crowland Township Police
1930
Traffic Officer Andrew McKay
Dept. of Highways, Newmarket
1927
Constable Roy A. McQuillin
Toronto Police
1930
Traffic Officer Hiram F. O’Callaghan
Dept. of Highways, Kemptville
1928
Constable Blair C. Brown
Trenton Police
1931
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Chief John W. Burdon
Strathroy Police
1931
Constable George E. Horan
Belleville
1937
Constable Albert J. Nault
Sudbury Police
1931
Sergeant Frederick Davidson
Sudbury Police
1937
Constable John F. Montgomery
Westboro
1931
Constable David D. Beckett
Windsor Police
1937
Constable Joseph De Ferrari
Toronto Police
1932
Constable Bartlett Smith
Stamford Centre
1937
Constable Charles Hefferon
Brampton
1932
Constable Robert D. Edington
Warren
1938
Constable Colin C. McGregor
St. Thomas Police
1934
Constable Donald C. Shervill
Hamilton
1938
Constable Russell Lemon
Kitchener
1934
Detective James H. Watson
Toronto Police
1938
Constable George E. J. Lewis
Sarnia Police
1936
Constable Elmer A. Shepard
Kirkland Lake
1938
Constable Orval E. Storey
Owen Sound
1936
Constable Frederick R. T. Blucher
Port Credit
1939
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Constable Alfred J. Ferguson
Rockland
1940
Detective Thomas Stoneman
Ottawa Police
1945
Constable Harold H. Dent
Rockland
1940
Constable Robert A. Wright
Toronto Police
1945
Constable Donald L. Pickell
Mimico
1940
Constable Francis A. Graham
Windsor Police
1947
Constable John W. Scott
Toronto Police
1942
Constable Douglas Reynolds
Chatham Police
1947
Constable John Moyes
Peterborough Police
1942
Constable Merritt C. Gray
Kingston Police
1948
Chief Thomas Espey
Pembroke Police
1943
Constable George Yuile
Brampton
1948
Constable Charles F. Hainer
Toronto Police
1943
Constable James B. Henderson
Kingston
1948
Constable George R. Vanderveer
Sarnia Police
1944
Constable Reginald G. Morden
Little Current
1949
Constable Robert W. Duncan
Bowmanville
1944
Constable Edward Terrell
Sudbury Police
1949
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Constable Gerry Dault
Sudbury Police
1949
Constable George Constantineau
Ottawa Police
1954
Constable Cecil Holden
Toronto Police
1950
Constable Ernest Paul
Copper Cliff Police
1955
Sergeant Joseph R. Battersby
Toronto Police
1951
Constable John A.C. Behan
Perth
1956
Constable Millard A. Brennan
Kingston Police
1951
Constable Lewis R. Durant
Markham Township Police
1956
Detective Sergeant Edmond Tong
Toronto Police
1952
Sergeant Claire J. McGillen
Peterborough Police
1957
Detective Sergeant James Priest
Toronto Police
1952
Constable Philip H. De Larue
Matheson
1957
Corporal Harold T. Shaughnessy
Port Colborne
1953
Constable Peter R. Sebborn
Kenora
1957
Corporal Henry Gilchrist
Tillsonburg
1954
Constable Henry J. Harper
Gananoque
1957
Constable Kenneth Lennon
Etobicoke Township Police
1954
Constable Ronald Pitt
Morrisburg Police
1957
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Constable George W. Smith
Windsor Police
1957
Constable Edward R. Wickens
Ontario Provincial Police, Orillia
1960
Corporal Herbert M. Smart
Toronto
1958
Constable Theodore D. Christiansen
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1961
Constable Maurice Melnychuk
Toronto
1958
Constable Dennis J. Winstanley
Stamford Township Police
1962
Constable George H.E. Ransom
Toronto
1958
Constable Frederick J. Nash
1962
Constable Glen F. Farough
Orillia
1958
Corporal James S. McDonald
Pembroke
1962
Constable David M. Perry
Orillia
1958
Constable David R. Gregory
Hamilton Police
1962
Constable Willis J. Jacob
Ontario Provincial Police, Barrie
1958
Constable Thomas J. Black
Woodstock Police
1962
Constable Calvin R. Fulford
Ontario Provincial Police, Ear Falls
1958
Constable Harley Hyland
Sandwich East Township Police
1963
Constable John B. Perkins
1959
Constable Arthur T. Truman
1963
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Constable Patrick C. Armstrong
Ontario Provincial Police, Powassan
1963
Constable Thomas J. Emery
Downsview
1966
Detective Kenneth J. Evans
1963
Constable James I. Hamilton
Listowel
1967
Detective Sergeant John H. Bassett
1963
Chief (ret.) Cully F. Rocher
Listowel
1967
Constable Walter E. MacAulay
Guelph Police
1964
Constable Gerald F. Mills
Whitchurch Township Police
1968
Constable Alexander M. Prodan
Ontario Provincial Police, Dutton
1964
Constable Peter J. Kirk
Hawkesbury
1968
Sergeant Laurier C. Quesnel
Sudbury Police
1965
Constable Samuel E. Ankenmann
Sebringville
1968
Constable Ronald F. Webster
Toronto Township Police
1966
Constable Bradford E. Browne
Sudbury
1968
Constable John R. Maki
Rockcliffe
1966
Detective Sergeant Lorne J. Chapitis
Peterborough
1968
Constable Edward G. Holdsworth
Whitchurch Township Police
1966
Corporal James Smith
Peterborough
1968
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Sergeant John C. McMurrich
Hamilton Police
1968
Detective Douglas T. Sinclair
1972
Constable Robert C. Carrick
Sandwich West Township Police
1969
Detective Michael Irwin
1972
Constable David Goldsworthy
1969
Constable Clare L. Lackey
Little Current
1972
Sergeant David Tuckey
Ottawa Police
1970
Constable James Lothian
1973
Constable William R. Rodgers
Petrolia
1970
Constable Leslie Maitland
1973
Constable Stefan H. Schultz
Brantford
1970
Detective Thomas B. Cooper
Kingston Police
1973
Constable Mark L. Houlden
Trenton Police
1970
Constable Leonard G. Slater
North Bay Police
1973
Constable John C. A. Verral
Oakville
1971
Constable Vaughan B. McKay
Sudbury
1973
Constable Donald H. Lewis
1972
Constable Evan V. Gilmore
Spanish
1973
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Constable Luciano J. DeSimone
1974
Constable David C. Kirkwood
Ottawa Police
1977
Constable Gerald A. Thompson
Kemptville
1975
Sergeant Ronald E. McKean
Collingwood Police
1977
Constable Maurice R. J. Chatterson
Forest
1975
Constable John S. Kusznier
Thunder Bay Police
1978
Constable Gary V. MacDonald
Forest
1975
Constable William I. Seward
Toronto
1978
Detective Ronald G. Sproule
Peel Regional Police
1975
Constable James L. Begbie
Trenton Police
1978
Constable Lee E. Wilson
1975
Constable John Lau
Kingston Police
1978
Corporal Donald R. Irwin
Kitchener
1976
Constable Henry Snedden
1978
Corporal Ronald E. Lee
Dowling
1976
Constable Paul E. Patterson
Oak Ridges
1978
Constable Paul G. Gosling
1976
Constable Duncan T. McAleese
Simcoe
1980
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Constable George H. Bennett
Orillia
1980
Detective Inspector Lorne I. Foran
Toronto
1982
Constable Michael W. Sweet
1980
Constable Richard J. C. Hopkins
Mount Forest
1982
Constable Thomas Hicks
Sudbury
1980
Detective William T. Hawkins
1982
Constable William F. Shores
Dutton
1980
Detective Volker H. Scheja
1982
Constable Richard M. Verdecchia
Huntsville
1981
Constable Russell O'Connor
Ottawa Police
1983
Constable Kenneth M. Swett
Ottawa
1981
Constable Bruce K. Crew
Goderich
1983
Constable Percival B. Cummins
1981
Constable David W. Utman
Nepean Police
1983
Constable Barry F. McKinnon
Hamilton
1981
Corporal William F. McIntyre
Toronto
1984
Constable William H. Smith
North Bay
1982
Constable Douglas F. Tribbling
York Regional Police
1984
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Constable Dwayne B. Piukkala
1984
Corporal Maurice R. Leavoy
Little Current
1986
Constable David A. Dunmore
1984
Constable Stephen J. Peazel
1988
Constable William J. Grant
York Regional Police
1984
Constable Hugh G. M. Lynn
1988
Constable John G. Ross
Woodstock
1984
Constable John R. Gregovski
Niagara Falls
1989
Constable Vernon L. Miller
Matheson
1984
Constable Thomas J. Cooper
Grassy Narrows
1991
Constable Richard J. McLaughlin
Spanish
1985
Constable Brian J. Hutchinson
Ottawa
1991
Constable Donald C. Campbell
Kincardine
1985
Constable Scott W. D. Rossiter
Ingersoll Police
1991
Constable Mario J.E. Tessier
Ottawa
1985
Constable Andrew B. Gordon
Madoc
1992
Constable Randall F. Skidmore
Coboconk
1986
Constable Jeffrey Paolozzi
1993
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Constable Richard E. Nystedt
Minden
1993
Constable Thomas P. Coffin
Midland
1997
Constable Joseph J. MacDonald
Sudbury Regional Police
1993
Detective Constable
William D.J. Hancox
Toronto Police
1998
Constable Jean J. A. Desforges
Casselman
1993
Constable David R. Nicholson
Waterloo Regional Police
1998
Constable Richard M. Jean
Casselman
1993
Detective Constable Keith A. Badger
Caledon
1998
Constable Albert S. Taylor
Naicatchewenin First Nations Police
1993
Sergeant Richard T. McDonald
Sudbury Regional Police
1999
Constable Todd E. Baylis
1994
Constable Charles Mercier
Niagara Falls
1999
Constable John W. Knight
1994
Constable James C. McFadden
Chatham-Kent
1999
Constable Kenneth Y. Roy
South Porcupine
1995
Sergeant Margaret J. Eve
Chatham-Kent
2000
Constable Michael W. Gula
Niagara Falls
1996
Constable Laura J. Ellis
Toronto Police
2002
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Constable Paul Neudert
Walpole Island
First Nations Police
2002
Constable David Mounsey
Huron
2006
Constable Alan Kuzmich
South Simcoe Police
2002
Constable Philip R. Shrive
Renfrew
2003
Constable John P. Flagg
Kingston
2003
Constable Christopher Garrett
Cobourg Police
2004
Constable Tyler L. Boutilier
Grenville
2004
Constable Michael J.A. Siydock
Port Credit
2004
Constable Andrew J. Potts
Bracebridge
2005
Constable John C. Atkinson
Windsor
2006
Constable Donald J.Y. Doucet
Sault Ste. Marie
2006
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The Ontario Police Memorial Foundation
Founding Members
Police Association of Ontario (PAO)
Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA)
Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)
Toronto Police Association (TPA)
Ontario Senior Officers’ Police Association (OSOPA)
Board of Directors
Timothy Zayack
President, Toronto Police (TPA)
Doug Allan
Vice-President, PAO (PAO)
Frank Parkhouse
Director, Niagara Regional Police, Ret. (OACP)
Charlie Green
Director, Durham Regional Police (OSOPA)
James Christie
Director, OPP Barrie (OPPA)
Joan Whalley
Secretary/Treasurer (PAO)
David Brown
Historian, OPP Peterborough
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Officer honoured 88 years after his death
Case Springstead, who was killed in the line of duty in 1919,
added to Ontario Police Memorial
By Paul Morse
The Hamilton Spectator(Apr 4, 2007)
Almost 88 years after he was killed on duty, a
police officer from Stoney Creek will finally
be recognized for making the ultimate sacrifice.
Hamilton police and its union will honour
Chief Constable Alfred Case Springstead May
6 when the Wentworth County Constabulary
officer's name is added to the Ontario Police
Memorial at Queen's Park.
Remarkably, the story of his murder had slid
into obscurity.
Case Springstead
On Nov. 29, 1919, murderer Paul Kowalski,
who was awaiting the hangman in Barton Jail,
stabbed Springstead with his own pocket knife
and bludgeoned him to death in a desperate bid
to escape death row.
He also killed the jail's head turnkey and
wounded two other guards.
Case Springstead, as he liked to be called, was
a very easygoing career police officer, says
Hamilton police historian Tim Fletcher.
"He was probably the chief of the Wentworth
County Constabulary, as it was then known. He
was a police officer with full police powers.
"Up until the day he was killed, there was nothing
noteworthy about him except that everyone in
Wentworth County knew him."
Paul Kowalski was a Polish immigrant, who
had been in Montreal for 18 months during the
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Paul Kowalski
First World War as a "dangerous alien." He
came to Hamilton with his wife shortly after
his release in 1919.
That February, another gambler living in the
same boarding home, who had flashed $1,000
in winnings, was found beaten to death behind
the rooming house. A trail of blood led to the
Kowalskis' room and, after arresting the couple,
police found the cash hidden under Kowalski's
wife's skirts.
Only Paul Kowalski went to trial for the murder,
though, and he was sentenced to hang in
Barton Jail, Dec. 19, 1919. Back then, both the
jail and the county police force were under the
authority of the Wentworth County Sheriff.
Kowalski appeared to be a trouble-free condemned
prisoner, but in reality had learned his appeal
for retrial had been denied. He planned a
prison break.
Lowry got up, and was hit again, shattering his
hip and leg, then was stabbed in the abdomen,
above his heart and in the face.
Around 7 a.m. on Nov. 29, Springstead and
three turnkeys brought Kowalski his breakfast,
including an apple. As usual, the condemned
man was given only a spoon.
"Lowry, incredibly, at age 61, with his entire
left side of his body out of commission, still
pushed Kowalski back toward the jail cells,
throttling him so hard that Kowalski is said to
have gasped, 'You got me.'"
"It was a custom of Springstead and chief
turnkey Arthur Awty to let Kowalski take
some exercise in the hallway in front of the
cells," Fletcher said.
Kowalski finally surrendered when police
officers, armed with only one handgun among
them, arrived and ordered him to drop or be
shot.
Kowalski asked Springstead for his pocket
knife to peel his apple and, remarkably,
Springstead gave it to him, Fletcher added.
At 10 a.m., Kowalski suddenly whipped off
his bandana, wrapped it around Springstead's
neck and used the spoon as a tourniquet lever
until Springstead fell dead or unconscious to
the floor.
Springstead was dead and Awty so badly
wounded that doctors decided not to move
him. He died there that night after giving a
deathbed statement about the attack. Kowalski
was hanged in the jail on Dec. 19.
He picked up a bench, smashed open a window
frame and grabbed a heavy iron bar called a
sash weight and smashed in Springstead's
head.
In 1934, the Wentworth County Constabulary
was taken over by the Ontario Provincial
Police and, ultimately through amalgamation,
ended up as part of the Hamilton-Wentworth
Regional Police, the forerunner of today's
Hamilton Police Service.
Kowalski then hid behind a solid wooden
door, knife in his left hand, steel bar in his
right. When Awty unlocked the wooden gate
and allowed turnkey William Berry to step
through, Kowalski sprang, slashing and striking
simultaneously with both hands. He knocked
Berry senseless with a single blow.
"Somehow, Springstead got lost in history,"
said Brad Boyce, Hamilton Police Association
administrator.
Police and the union are trying to find family
members to honour them during the police
memorial ceremonies.
The third turnkey, former police Sergeant John
Lowry, was fortunately a man of immense
strength, Fletcher noted. Lowry immediately
attacked Kowalski, but Kowalski was possessed.
He struck Lowry, crushing his skull and
breaking his arm.
"Whenever you have a police officer who has
made the ultimate sacrifice, he and his family
should be honoured until the end of time,"
Boyce said.
"Awty sprang through and was savaged. He
was slashed, brained and knocked down."
Springstead will be the sixth Hamilton police
officer who gave his life to serve.
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THE MONUMENT
I never dreamed it would be me
My name for all eternity
Recorded here at this hallowed place
Alas, my name, no more my face
"In the line of duty" I hear them say
My family now the price will pay
My folded flag stained with their tears
We only had those few short years
The badge no longer on my chest
I sleep now in eternal rest
My sword I pass to those behind
And pray they keep this thought in mind
I never dreamed it would be me
And with heavy heart and bended knee
I ask for all here from the past
Dear God, let my name be the last
Sgt. George Hahn L.A.P.D. (retired)
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