William Arthur Spangler
Agency: Kansas City Police Department, MO
William Spangler was born on December 5, 1879 in Montana, Kansas to his parents, Abraham and Ella.
Officer Spangler became a probationary patrolman May 21, 1914, and a regular patrolman in 1915. He worked out of the Walnut Street station in plain clothes at the time of his death, and had been active in catching holdup men and in vice raids.
On September 5, 1916, Officers William A. Spangler and C.E. Bricker were involved in a struggle with Glenn White, a train porter, at 28th and Harrison Streets. Officer Bricker was injured and Officer Spangler was fatally wounded by a blackjack and he died of his wounds September 8, 1916, at St. Mary's Hospital. The porter was also killed. It could not be determined if the officers killed him or he killed himself.
Officer William Spangler, 30, was with the police department for two years and was survived by his wife.
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