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In my practice as a historian, I\noccasionally find elusive traces in old\nrecords that indicate a first responder, a police officer or firefighter, died in\nthe line of duty, but the memory of the tragedy faded\nwith the passage of time.  Somehow, the loss\nwas forgotten and their names were never added to memorials, although they made\nthe ultimate sacrifice for their community. \nWhen that happens, I\npick-up the fragments of evidence and trace the trail back through time, hoping\nto make sure the public servant\u2019s ultimate\nsacrifice is not forgotten in the mist of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While working on a talk, \u201cCSI The Historical Edition,\u201d a program many Maryland libraries paired with\nOne Maryland One Book, I scrutinized coroner\u2019s\ninquests and other usually unexamined criminal justice records from the early\n1900s. In the array of material I studied in the autumn of 2018 there were some\nfragmentary traces indicating that a Bladensburg Police Officer had suffered a\nfatal gunshot wound while coming to the assistance of a Prince George\u2019s County\nLawman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bladensburg Bailiff Leebrick, a police officer, dies of his wound. Source: Washington Post, June 20, 1923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is the information I have at this point<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constable Gasch was assigned to maintain order at a carnival in Bladensburg on Saturday, June 16, 1923.  When a disturbance broke out, the Prince Georges County Officer arrested at least one man for disorderly conduct, and as he prepared to take his prisoner to jail a menacing crowd surrounded the lawman, threatening to free the man.  As the ruckus escalated Bladensburg Bailiff James A. Leebrick came to the aid of the constable, pushing his way through the crowd to reach the officer’s side when he was shot above the heart. (Bailiff was the term for a municipal police officer.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bystanders rushed the stricken twenty-five-year-old Bladensburg policeman to Casualty Hospital, in Washington, D.C., where surgeons operated and provided transfusions.  Lingering for three days, Bailiff Leebrick died on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m (June 19, 1923), according to the death certificate.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coroner\u2019s jury investigated the murder, determined that \u201cJames A. Leebrick, bailiff, who was fatally shot<\/g> a week ago while aiding a brother officer, met his death as the result of a wound inflicted by a bullet fired by an unknown party.\u201d  The verdict was reached on the fifth polling of the jury.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I finish research the historical traces, I pass the information along to the officer\u2019s department so the local agency may properly memorialize the community\u2019s hero.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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