The Denver Police Museum held a small memorial Tuesday for a 1919 DPD detective who was ambushed and killed by suspected mafia bootleggers.
"Today, we remember him as we dedicate this street sign as a small token of our appreciation," a chaplain for the City and County of Denver said at the ceremony Tuesday.
One-hundred-four years ago to the day, a gunman waited in ambush for Klein to return home late one night in west Denver before shooting and killing him. Officer Klein left a wife and two children behind, according to Jewish Colorado. No suspects were ever identified. Det. Klein was one of those 77. He served as the head of the bootleg squad for the Denver Police Department during the prohibition era. Klein was in north Denver investigating a report of someone selling alcohol when a suspect tried to flee and Klein shot him. Klein was eventually indicted for manslaughter but was found not guilty at a trial.
"His wife was frightened from the day he joined the police force. And begged him many times — kind of had a premonition, I guess I would say — that something would end in tragedy," Abrams said.
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