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THE ONTARIO POLICE MEMORIAL

Ceremony of RemembranceMay 6, 2007

Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario

Heroes in Life, Not Death

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In Memoriam

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.”

Constable John C. Atkinson Windsor Police 2006

Constable Donald J.Y. DoucetSault Ste. Marie Police 2006

Constable David Mounsey Huron OPP 2006

Constable John R. Davey

Cornwall 1892

County Constable Albert C. Springstead

Wentworth 1919

Traffic Officer Miles Campbell

Dept. of Hwys. Ottawa 1929

To Honour Those Forgotten

May 6, 2007

On behalf of the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation I would like to welcomefamily members, honoured guests, police service members both active andretired and members of the public to our 8th Annual Ceremony of Remembrance.

A special welcome is extended to the families of the Officers being honouredhere today.

The Ontario Police Memorial Wall of Honour enshrines the names of two hundredand thirty one officers who have given their lives while serving and protectingthe people of Ontario. This year we sadly add three more names. Those wholost their lives in service since May 2006 are; Constable John C. Atkinson of theWindsor Police Service, Constable Donald J.Y. Doucet of the Sault Ste. MariePolice Service and Ontario Provincial Police Constable David Mounsey of theHuron OPP.

We are proudly adding three other names from Ontario's historic past. Officerswho were lost, in the performance of their sworn duty. They are; Constable JohnR. Davey of the Cornwall Police, County Constable Albert C. Springstead of theWentworth County and Traffic Officer Miles Campbell of the Department ofHighways, Ottawa.

Today we gather in remembrance, fellowship and celebration of our 'Heroes inLife, Not Death.”

Tim ZayackPresidentOntario Police Memorial Foundation

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Ontario Police Memorial Foundation6730 Davand Drive Unit 1 Mississauga, ON L5T 2K8 Phone (905) 670-9770 Fax (905) 670-9755

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We Shall Never ForgetThe Ontario Police Memorial stands forever, a tribute to the braveryand loyalty of Ontario’s policing community, silently honouring thosewho paid the ultimate price for their dedication to duty.

Ontario Police Memorial - Ceremony of RemembranceMay 7, 2006

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For additional photos please see page 32.

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On August 12th, 1998, Waterloo Regional PoliceConstable David Nicholson lost his life while trying to recover the body of a child who drowned in theGrand River at the Parkhill Dam in Cambridge, Ontario.

In expressing their appreciation and gratitude to familyand friends, Mrs. Wendy Nicholson and sons Mitch,Reid and Josh stated in part, “.....Dave’s death has beenpainful and devastating. He was our hero in life, notdeath. Our memories of him are rich and immeasurable, filling our hearts with both deep joyand profound pain.....”

Wendy Nicholson’s words are the inspiration for theinscription on the Ontario Police Memorial.

Heroes in Life, Not Death

The Ontario Police Memorial Pin

The pewter pin replicates the OntarioPolice 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 ofthe 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 asfollows:

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 Sundayin May.

3. During the Canadian Police/Peace Officer’s Memorial Dayon the last Sunday of September.

The Ontario Police Memorial Ceremony of Remembrance

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGSOfficer in Charge: Inspector Charlie Green,

Durham Regional Police Service Director, Ontario Police Memorial Foundation

Ontario Police Memorial Honour GuardConsisting of representatives of police forces named

on the Memorial, under the command ofSgt. Major Manuel Montero, London Police Service Colour Guard

10:00Reading of the Honour Roll

Constable Ariel Reyes, Peel Regional Police ServiceConstable Candy Graham, Toronto Police Service

10:30Procession of Honour

Parade Marshall: Sgt. Stu Kellock, Toronto Police ServiceParade from Bloor Street proceeds alongQueen’s Park Crescent to Memorial site

BandCeremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police Service

Pipes and DrumsSenior 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 PoliceNiagara Regional Police

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PreludeOntario Police Choruses

Durham Regional Police ChorusHalton Regional Police ChorusHamilton Police Male ChorusHamilton Police Female Choir

Ontario Provincial Police ChorusNiagara Regional Male Chorus

Ottawa Police ChorusToronto Police Association Male ChorusWaterloo Regional Police Male Chorus

York Regional Police Male Chorus

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Official PartyThe Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier

The Honourable Monte Kwinter, Minister of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Vice Regal PartyThe Honourable James K. Bartleman,

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

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Master of CeremonyConstable Judith Walker

South Simcoe Police Service

Flag RaisingOntario Police Memorial Honour Guard

National Anthems of the United States of America and CanadaOntario Police Choruses

Opening PrayerChaplain: Reverend Tom Lowry

Barrie Police Service

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WelcomeTim Zayack

President, Ontario Police Memorial Foundation

The Honourable James K. Bartleman,Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Honourable Dalton McGuinty,Premier of Ontario

Ontario Police Choruses

Laying of Wreaths

On behalf of the People of OntarioThe Honourable James K. Bartleman,

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

On behalf of the Government of OntarioThe Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario

On behalf of Members of Ontario’s Police Services and theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police

Sgt. Peter McGuinness, OPP

On behalf of the Police Officers of the United States of America

Sgt. Clyde DotyNew York State Parks Police

New York

On behalf of the FamiliesShelley Atkinson, Debbie Doucet and Brenda Carey

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Amazing GracePipe Majors

Pipes & Drums

ACT OF REMEMBRANCELast Post

Constable Jim Gordon, Guelph

Moment of SilenceLament

Pipe Major Ian MacDonald, Toronto Police Pipe Band

Firing of Salute2 Military Police Unit

ReveilleConstable Jim Gordon,

Guelph

BenedictionChaplain: Reverend Tom Lowry

Barrie Police Service

GOD SAVE THE QUEENCeremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police Service

Closing RemarksConstable Judith Walker

South Simcoe Police Service

Ontario Police Choruses

March PastProcession 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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High County Constable John FiskKing Township (Village of York)1804

Constable Timothy C. PomeroyMiddlesex County1829

Constable William PopeLondon Police1891

Detective Henry H. PhairLondon Police1892

Constable John R. DaveyCornwall 1892

Constable Robert RankinChatham Police1893

Constable William LindsayComber Police1894

Constable Michael TooheyLondon Police 1898

Constable William BoydYork County1901

Constable James Barron Hamilton Police1903

Provincial Constable William Irving Jr.Webbwood1904

High County Constable Archibald PowWoodstock Police 1907

Chief John A. McCarthy Jr.Stratford Police1913

Constable Matthew HamiltonStratford Police 1913

Detective Frank A. WilliamsToronto Police1918

County Constable Albert C. SpringsteadWentworth1919

Constable Richard A. Beard Napanee Police 1921

Constable Reginald PryerHamilton Police1921

Constable Joseph TruemanThorold Police1922

Constable William M. HollowayGuelph Police1922

The Honour Roll

Constable Fred LeFebvreNorth Bay Police1923

Sergeant John Urquhart Ontario Provincial Police Cobalt1923

Traffic Officer John E. WaddellDept. of Highways, London1925

Constable Fredrick Raynes Hamilton Police 1925

County Constable Evariste LaframboiseEssex County 1925

Inspector Thomas H. ConstableOntario Provincial Police Cochrane 1926

Constable Charles W. St. CharlesMadoc Police 1926

Traffic Officer William O.K. McGillivaryDept. of Highways, Toronto1927

Traffic Officer Andrew McKayDept. of Highways, Newmarket1927

Traffic Officer Hiram F. O’CallaghanDept. of Highways, Kemptville1928

Constable Norman F. MakerOntario Provincial Police Peterborough 1928

Constable Albert E. Fisher Toronto Police 1928

Detective William R. ClarkHamilton Police1929

Constable Thomas I. KehoeBancroft Police1929

Traffic Officer Fred BingleyDept. of Highways, Hagersville1929

Traffic Officer Miles CampbellDept. of Highways, Ottawa1929

Sergeant Thomas Kirk York County Police 1930

Constable James A. McNicollCrowland Township Police1930

Constable Roy A. McQuillin Toronto Police 1930

Constable Blair C. BrownTrenton Police1931

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Chief John W. BurdonStrathroy Police1931

Constable Albert J. Nault Sudbury Police 1931

Constable John F. MontgomeryOntario Provincial PoliceWestboro1931

Constable Joseph De Ferrari Toronto Police 1932

Constable Charles Hefferon Ontario Provincial PoliceBrampton 1932

Constable Colin C. McGregor St. Thomas Police 1934

Constable Russell LemonOntario Provincial PoliceKitchener1934

Constable George E. J. LewisSarnia Police1936

Constable Orval E. StoreyOntario Provincial Police Owen Sound1936

Constable George E. HoranRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceBelleville1937

Sergeant Frederick Davidson Sudbury Police 1937

Constable David D. BeckettWindsor Police1937

Constable Bartlett Smith Ontario Provincial Police Stamford Centre 1937

Constable Robert D. EdingtonOntario Provincial Police Warren 1938

Constable Donald C. Shervill Ontario Provincial PoliceHamilton 1938

Detective James H. WatsonToronto Police1938

Constable Elmer A. Shepard Ontario Provincial Police Kirkland Lake 1938

Constable Frederick R. T. BlucherOntario Provincial Police Port Credit1939

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Constable Alfred J. Ferguson Ontario Provincial Police Rockland 1940

Constable Harold H. DentOntario Provincial Police Rockland 1940

Constable Donald L. Pickell Ontario Provincial Police Mimico 1940

Constable John W. ScottToronto Police1942

Constable John Moyes Peterborough Police 1942

Chief Thomas EspeyPembroke Police1943

Constable Charles F. HainerToronto Police1943

Constable George R. Vanderveer Sarnia Police 1944

Constable Robert W. DuncanOntario Provincial PoliceBowmanville 1944

Detective Thomas Stoneman Ottawa Police 1945

Constable Robert A. WrightToronto Police1945

Constable Francis A. Graham Windsor Police 1947

Constable Douglas ReynoldsChatham Police1947

Constable Merritt C. GrayKingston Police1948

Constable George YuileOntario Provincial PoliceBrampton1948

Constable James B. HendersonRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceKingston1948

Constable Reginald G. MordenOntario Provincial PoliceLittle Current1949

Constable Edward Terrell Sudbury Police 1949

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Constable Gerry DaultSudbury Police1949

Constable Cecil Holden Toronto Police 1950

Sergeant Joseph R. BattersbyToronto Police1951

Constable Millard A. BrennanKingston Police1951

Detective Sergeant Edmond Tong Toronto Police1952

Detective Sergeant James PriestToronto Police1952

Corporal Harold T. Shaughnessy Ontario Provincial Police Port Colborne 1953

Corporal Henry GilchristOntario Provincial Police Tillsonburg 1954

Constable Kenneth Lennon Etobicoke Township Police1954

Constable George ConstantineauOttawa Police1954

Constable Ernest Paul Copper Cliff Police 1955

Constable John A.C. BehanOntario Provincial Police Perth 1956

Constable Lewis R. Durant Markham Township Police 1956

Sergeant Claire J. McGillenPeterborough Police1957

Constable Philip H. De Larue Ontario Provincial Police Matheson 1957

Constable Peter R. SebbornOntario Provincial Police Kenora 1957

Constable Henry J. Harper Ontario Provincial PoliceGananoque 1957

Constable Ronald PittMorrisburg Police1957

Constable George W. Smith Windsor Police 1957

Corporal Herbert M. SmartRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceToronto 1958

Constable Maurice Melnychuk Royal Canadian Mounted Police Toronto 1958

Constable George H.E. RansomRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceToronto 1958

Constable Glen F. Farough Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceOrillia 1958

Constable David M. PerryRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceOrillia 1958

Constable Willis J. Jacob Ontario Provincial Police, Barrie1958

Constable Calvin R. FulfordOntario Provincial Police, Ear Falls1958

Constable John B. Perkins Metropolitan Toronto Police 1959

Constable Edward R. WickensOntario Provincial Police, Orillia1960

Constable Theodore D. Christiansen Metropolitan Toronto Police 1961

Constable Dennis J. WinstanleyStamford Township Police1962

Constable Frederick J. Nash Metropolitan Toronto Police 1962

Corporal James S. McDonaldOntario Provincial PolicePembroke 1962

Constable David R. GregoryHamilton Police1962

Constable Thomas J. Black Woodstock Police1962

Constable Harley HylandSandwich East Township Police1963

Constable Arthur T. Truman Metropolitan Toronto Police1963

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Constable Patrick C. ArmstrongOntario Provincial Police, Powassan 1963

Detective Kenneth J. Evans Metropolitan Toronto Police 1963

Detective Sergeant John H. BassettMetropolitan Toronto Police1963

Constable Walter E. MacAulay Guelph Police 1964

Constable Alexander M. ProdanOntario Provincial Police, Dutton 1964

Sergeant Laurier C. Quesnel Sudbury Police1965

Constable Ronald F. WebsterToronto Township Police1966

Constable John R. Maki Ontario Provincial Police Rockcliffe 1966

Constable Edward G. HoldsworthWhitchurch Township Police1966

Constable Thomas J. Emery Ontario Provincial Police Downsview 1966

Constable James I. HamiltonOntario Provincial Police Listowel 1967

Chief (ret.) Cully F. Rocher Listowel 1967

Constable Gerald F. MillsWhitchurch Township Police1968

Constable Peter J. Kirk Ontario Provincial Police Hawkesbury 1968

Constable Samuel E. AnkenmannOntario Provincial Police Sebringville 1968

Constable Bradford E. Browne Ontario Provincial PoliceSudbury1968

Detective Sergeant Lorne J. ChapitisOntario Provincial PolicePeterborough 1968

Corporal James Smith Ontario Provincial Police Peterborough 1968

Sergeant John C. McMurrichHamilton Police1968

Constable Robert C. Carrick Sandwich West Township Police 1969

Constable David GoldsworthyMetropolitan Toronto Police1969

Sergeant David Tuckey Ottawa Police 1970

Constable William R. RodgersOntario Provincial Police Petrolia 1970

Constable Stefan H. Schultz Ontario Provincial Police Brantford 1970

Constable Mark L. HouldenTrenton Police1970

Constable John C. A. Verral Ontario Provincial Police Oakville1971

Constable Donald H. LewisMetropolitan Toronto Police1972

Detective Douglas T. Sinclair Metropolitan Toronto Police1972

Detective Michael IrwinMetropolitan Toronto Police1972

Constable Clare L. Lackey Ontario Provincial Police Little Current 1972

Constable James LothianMetropolitan Toronto Police1973

Constable Leslie Maitland Metropolitan Toronto Police 1973

Detective Thomas B. CooperKingston Police1973

Constable Leonard G. Slater North Bay Police 1973

Constable Vaughan B. McKayOntario Provincial Police Sudbury 1973

Constable Evan V. Gilmore Ontario Provincial Police Spanish 1973

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Constable Luciano J. DeSimoneNiagara Regional Police1974

Constable Gerald A. Thompson Ontario Provincial Police Kemptville 1975

Constable Maurice R. J. ChattersonOntario Provincial Police Forest 1975

Constable Gary V. MacDonald Ontario Provincial Police Forest 1975

Detective Ronald G. SproulePeel Regional Police1975

Constable Lee E. Wilson Metropolitan Toronto Police 1975

Corporal Donald R. IrwinOntario Provincial Police Kitchener 1976

Corporal Ronald E. Lee Ontario Provincial Police Dowling 1976

Constable Paul G. GoslingMetropolitan Toronto Police1976

Constable David C. Kirkwood Ottawa Police 1977

Sergeant Ronald E. McKeanCollingwood Police1977

Constable John S. Kusznier Thunder Bay Police 1978

Constable William I. SewardRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceToronto 1978

Constable James L. Begbie Trenton Police 1978

Constable John LauKingston Police1978

Constable Henry Snedden Metropolitan Toronto Police 1978

Constable Paul E. PattersonOntario Provincial Police Oak Ridges 1978

Constable Duncan T. McAleese Ontario Provincial Police Simcoe 1980

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Constable George H. BennettOntario Provincial Police Orillia 1980

Constable Michael W. SweetMetropolitan Toronto Police1980

Constable Thomas HicksOntario Provincial Police Sudbury 1980

Constable William F. Shores Ontario Provincial Police Dutton 1980

Constable Richard M. VerdecchiaOntario Provincial Police Huntsville 1981

Constable Kenneth M. Swett Ontario Provincial Police Ottawa 1981

Constable Percival B. CumminsMetropolitan Toronto Police1981

Constable Barry F. McKinnon Royal Canadian Mounted Police Hamilton 1981

Constable William H. SmithOntario Provincial PoliceNorth Bay 1982

Detective Inspector Lorne I. Foran Ontario Provincial Police Toronto 1982

Constable Richard J. C. HopkinsOntario Provincial Police Mount Forest1982

Detective William T. Hawkins Peel Regional Police 1982

Detective Volker H. SchejaPeel Regional Police1982

Constable Russell O'Connor Ottawa Police 1983

Constable Bruce K. CrewOntario Provincial PoliceGoderich1983

Constable David W. Utman Nepean Police 1983

Corporal William F. McIntyreOntario Provincial PoliceToronto 1984

Constable Douglas F. Tribbling York Regional Police 1984

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Constable Dwayne B. PiukkalaPeel Regional Police1984

Constable David A. Dunmore Metropolitan Toronto Police 1984

Constable William J. GrantYork Regional Police1984

Constable John G. Ross Ontario Provincial Police Woodstock 1984

Constable Vernon L. MillerOntario Provincial Police Matheson 1984

Constable Richard J. McLaughlin Ontario Provincial Police Spanish 1985

Constable Donald C. CampbellOntario Provincial PoliceKincardine 1985

Constable Mario J.E. Tessier Royal Canadian Mounted Police Ottawa 1985

Constable Randall F. SkidmoreOntario Provincial PoliceCoboconk1986

Corporal Maurice R. LeavoyOntario Provincial PoliceLittle Current 1986

Constable Stephen J. Peazel Niagara Regional Police 1988

Constable Hugh G. M. LynnMetropolitan Toronto Police1988

Constable John R. Gregovski Ontario Provincial PoliceNiagara Falls 1989

Constable Thomas J. CooperOntario Provincial PoliceGrassy Narrows 1991

Constable Brian J. HutchinsonRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceOttawa1991

Constable Scott W. D. RossiterIngersoll Police 1991

Constable Andrew B. GordonOntario Provincial Police Madoc 1992

Constable Jeffrey Paolozzi Niagara Regional Police 1993

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Constable Richard E. NystedtOntario Provincial PoliceMinden1993

Constable Joseph J. MacDonald Sudbury Regional Police 1993

Constable Jean J. A. DesforgesOntario Provincial Police Casselman1993

Constable Richard M. JeanOntario Provincial PoliceCasselman1993

Constable Albert S. TaylorNaicatchewenin First Nations Police1993

Constable Todd E. Baylis Metropolitan Toronto Police 1994

Constable John W. KnightMetropolitan Toronto Police1994

Constable Kenneth Y. RoyOntario Provincial PoliceSouth Porcupine 1995

Constable Michael W. Gula Ontario Provincial Police Niagara Falls 1996

Constable Thomas P. CoffinOntario Provincial Police Midland1997

Detective ConstableWilliam D.J. HancoxToronto Police1998

Constable David R. NicholsonWaterloo Regional Police1998

Detective Constable Keith A. BadgerOntario Provincial Police Caledon1998

Sergeant Richard T. McDonaldSudbury Regional Police1999

Constable Charles MercierOntario Provincial PoliceNiagara Falls 1999

Constable James C. McFaddenOntario Provincial PoliceChatham-Kent1999

Sergeant Margaret J. EveOntario Provincial PoliceChatham-Kent 2000

Constable Laura J. EllisToronto Police2002

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Constable Paul Neudert Walpole Island First Nations Police 2002

Constable Alan KuzmichSouth Simcoe Police2002

Constable Philip R. ShriveOntario Provincial PoliceRenfrew 2003

Constable John P. FlaggOntario Provincial PoliceKingston 2003

Constable Christopher GarrettCobourg Police2004

Constable Tyler L. BoutilierOntario Provincial Police Grenville 2004

Constable Michael J.A. SiydockOntario Provincial Police Port Credit 2004

Constable Andrew J. PottsOntario Provincial Police Bracebridge 2005

Constable John C. AtkinsonWindsor2006

Constable Donald J.Y. DoucetSault Ste. Marie2006

Constable David MounseyOntario Provincial Police Huron 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

By Paul MorseThe Hamilton Spectator(Apr 4, 2007)

Almost 88 years after he was killed on duty, apolice officer from Stoney Creek will finallybe recognized for making the ultimate sacrifice.

Hamilton police and its union will honourChief Constable Alfred Case Springstead May6 when the Wentworth County Constabularyofficer's name is added to the Ontario PoliceMemorial at Queen's Park.

Remarkably, the story of his murder had slidinto obscurity.

On Nov. 29, 1919, murderer Paul Kowalski,who was awaiting the hangman in Barton Jail,stabbed Springstead with his own pocket knifeand bludgeoned him to death in a desperate bidto escape death row.

He also killed the jail's head turnkey andwounded two other guards.

Case Springstead, as he liked to be called, wasa very easygoing career police officer, saysHamilton police historian Tim Fletcher.

"He was probably the chief of the WentworthCounty Constabulary, as it was then known. Hewas a police officer with full police powers.

"Up until the day he was killed, there was nothingnoteworthy about him except that everyone inWentworth County knew him."

Paul Kowalski was a Polish immigrant, whohad been in Montreal for 18 months during the

First World War as a "dangerous alien." Hecame to Hamilton with his wife shortly afterhis release in 1919.

That February, another gambler living in thesame boarding home, who had flashed $1,000in winnings, was found beaten to death behindthe rooming house. A trail of blood led to theKowalskis' room and, after arresting the couple,police found the cash hidden under Kowalski'swife's skirts.

Only Paul Kowalski went to trial for the murder,though, and he was sentenced to hang inBarton Jail, Dec. 19, 1919. Back then, both thejail and the county police force were under theauthority of the Wentworth County Sheriff.

Kowalski appeared to be a trouble-free condemnedprisoner, but in reality had learned his appealfor retrial had been denied. He planned aprison break.

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Case Springstead Paul Kowalski

Officer honoured 88 years after his deathCase Springstead, who was killed in the line of duty in 1919,

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Around 7 a.m. on Nov. 29, Springstead andthree turnkeys brought Kowalski his breakfast,including an apple. As usual, the condemnedman was given only a spoon.

"It was a custom of Springstead and chiefturnkey Arthur Awty to let Kowalski takesome exercise in the hallway in front of thecells," Fletcher said.

Kowalski asked Springstead for his pocketknife to peel his apple and, remarkably,Springstead gave it to him, Fletcher added.

At 10 a.m., Kowalski suddenly whipped offhis bandana, wrapped it around Springstead'sneck and used the spoon as a tourniquet leveruntil Springstead fell dead or unconscious tothe floor.

He picked up a bench, smashed open a windowframe and grabbed a heavy iron bar called asash weight and smashed in Springstead'shead.

Kowalski then hid behind a solid woodendoor, knife in his left hand, steel bar in hisright. When Awty unlocked the wooden gateand allowed turnkey William Berry to stepthrough, Kowalski sprang, slashing and strikingsimultaneously with both hands. He knockedBerry senseless with a single blow.

The third turnkey, former police Sergeant JohnLowry, was fortunately a man of immensestrength, Fletcher noted. Lowry immediatelyattacked Kowalski, but Kowalski was possessed.He struck Lowry, crushing his skull andbreaking his arm.

"Awty sprang through and was savaged. Hewas slashed, brained and knocked down."

Lowry got up, and was hit again, shattering hiship and leg, then was stabbed in the abdomen,above his heart and in the face.

"Lowry, incredibly, at age 61, with his entireleft side of his body out of commission, stillpushed Kowalski back toward the jail cells,throttling him so hard that Kowalski is said tohave gasped, 'You got me.'"

Kowalski finally surrendered when policeofficers, armed with only one handgun amongthem, arrived and ordered him to drop or beshot.

Springstead was dead and Awty so badlywounded that doctors decided not to movehim. He died there that night after giving adeathbed statement about the attack. Kowalskiwas hanged in the jail on Dec. 19.

In 1934, the Wentworth County Constabularywas taken over by the Ontario ProvincialPolice and, ultimately through amalgamation,ended up as part of the Hamilton-WentworthRegional Police, the forerunner of today'sHamilton Police Service.

"Somehow, Springstead got lost in history,"said Brad Boyce, Hamilton Police Associationadministrator.

Police and the union are trying to find familymembers to honour them during the policememorial ceremonies.

"Whenever you have a police officer who hasmade the ultimate sacrifice, he and his familyshould be honoured until the end of time,"Boyce said.

Springstead will be the sixth Hamilton policeofficer who gave his life to serve.

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I never dreamed it would be meMy name for all eternity

Recorded here at this hallowed placeAlas, my name, no more my face

"In the line of duty" I hear them sayMy family now the price will pay

My folded flag stained with their tearsWe only had those few short years

The badge no longer on my chestI sleep now in eternal rest

My sword I pass to those behindAnd pray they keep this thought in mind

I never dreamed it would be meAnd with heavy heart and bended knee

I ask for all here from the pastDear God, let my name be the last

Sgt. George Hahn L.A.P.D. (retired)

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