Welcome to the "Virtual" Dickinson PD Museum! Please check back often, as new "exhibits" will be periodically added.
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Before Dickinson was organized as a town in 1899, police protection was handled by the county until the residents voted to formalize their village. At that point, Robert Craig became the first, and only, marshal of Dickinson. He and other elected officials served only until the next year, when the voters approved changing the status of Dickinson to a "city". When this occurred, Mayor Dan Manning appointed J.E. McCoul as the first chief of police of Dickinson.
While early police department information is sketchy, some stories have been repeated throughout the generations. One of these comes from a local attorney, Robert Baird (also a former police commissioner). He said that in the early days, much of the street cleaning was done by prisoners who were brought out during the day in chain gangs to do the work. The department itself consisted of usually 2-3 men.
Traffic control was also minimal, and apparently there was little call for it, with the exception of a few signs. One of these was a post in the middle of the intersection at Sims and First Street that reminded drivers that the vehicle to the right had the right-of-way.
In the 1930s, Chief George Nolan moved the police department into the then-new city hall, which was located at 25 First Avenue West. Today, the building houses the Dickinson Fire Department. The police and fire departments shared the building for nearly 50 years. In the building, the police department had three cells and one room. It wasn't until 1982 when construction of the new (and current) combined Law Enforcement Center was complete and the two departments were separate.
Patrol procedures became more refined by the 1940s. The department got its first patrol cars, but still lacked a dispatcher. Instead, a red light was placed atop the old Heaton Lumber Company office building on the southwest corner of Villard and Third Avenue West (the current Sax Motor location). The light was operated by the telephone operators. When they received a call from someone needing the police, they would turn on the red light and the officer would then check with the operator to see what the problem was. Henry Weber recalls, "if you got too far off Villard, you couldn't see it, so you had to hang around Villard."
Most of the police activity of the early years was done similar to that of which is done today; family fights, dog calls, and accidents.
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| Dickinson PD 1949 : Don Hewson, Ted Olson, Joe Faller, Chief Matt Zabel, Pat Lenhardt, Henry Weber |
By the 1940s, the shift schedule was well worked out. The chief
worked the day, one officer worked 3 PM - 11 PM and one officer worked from
11 PM -7 AM. Other officers helped from 7 PM - 3 AM. One of these officers was
the south side officer. This person had his own little "precinct house"; a tiny
square building that sat at the corner of Broadway and Highway 22. The south
officer covered only the south side and had his own red light to watch for when
there were calls.
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Police Department 1932-1982
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On Patrol by St. Pat's Church
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70s-era Dispatch
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| PAST CHIEFS |
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CHIEF GARY BANYAI (1998 - 2005) Gary Banyai was appointed to chief by the city commission in May of 1998. He was serving as Captain with 22 years of law enforcement experience prior to his promotion.
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CHIEF DUANE WOLF (1992-1998) Duane Wolf served as Chief of Police for nearly 6 1/2 years. Prior to his appointment as chief, Wolf worked his way up within the department, starting as a Patrolman in November of 1960. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1964, Lieutenant in 1969, and Captain in 1989. |
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CHIEF PAUL BAZZANO (1989 -1992) Paul Bazzano has been one of the only police chiefs to be hired "outside" of the department. Before coming to Dickinson, Bazzano worked for the North Dakota Attorney General's office as a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency in Fargo. He is a native of Connecticut. |
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CHIEF HENRY WEBER (1987 - 1989) Henry Weber was a career-long officer with the Dickinson Police Department. He began as an officer back in the late 1950's and worked his way up through the ranks. Prior to his promotion to chief, he served as the Captain of operations under Chief Webb. |
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CHIEF ROBERT WEBB (1984 - 1987) Robert Webb took over as police chief in August of 1984. He was an Illinois State Police Sergeant with 26 years of experience in law enforcement before coming to Dickinson. He moved here from Peoria, IL. |
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CHIEF GERALD BARNHART (1963-1969 AND 1972-1984) Gerald Barnhart has been one of the longest serving police chiefs in department history. He served a total of 17 years; from 1963-1969 and 1972-1984. Between 1969 and 1972, Barnhart worked setting up law enforcement training programs at the United Tribes Training Center and at a training center in Glasgow, MT. |
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CHIEF DON EHLI (1969 - 1973) Don Ehli served as an interim chief during the absence of Gerald Barnhart. He was one of the first officers to be appointed as chief by the current system of a civil service board. At the time of his promotion, he was the rank of Sergeant and had been serving the department for 10 years. |
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CHIEF MATT ZABEL (1949 - 1963) Matt Zabel was named chief after moving up to his position after a short time as an officer. At the time of his appointment in March of 1949, Zabel was literally the Dickinson Police Department; all other officers had resigned. The city commission felt confident in Zabel's abilities and officially made him Chief that month. The department was fully staffed within a few weeks and operating normally. Other officers in his tenure included Joe Faller, who later worked for Stark County Sheriff's Department, Henry Weber, who went on to become a interim chief in the 1980s, Don Hewson, Pat Lenhardt, Merle Bacon, Frank Wolfe, Fred Finger, Joe Kuntz, Robert Byers, and William Smith. |
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CHIEF ANTON ZASTOUPIL (1946 - 1948) For a short period in the late 1940's, Anton Zastoupil was appointed chief of police by the city commission. He had been serving as acting-chief since Alex Wolf stepped down on April 15th, 1946. Zastoupil served in the Army National Guard with the 116th Engineers. In 1918, he served in France and Germany. He returned to Dickinson, but re-enlisted in 1922, where he served the Army for 22 years. He retired from the Army as a master segreant. Zastoupil resigned as Chief in the spring of 1948. Patrolman Ernest Reiche served briefly as Chief between 1948 until he resigned in the spring of 1949. |
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CHIEF ALEX G. WOLF (1942 - 1946) Alex Wolf started his civic career in 1930, when he was elected to the county commission. He served one term lasting until 1934. He then became a deputy sheriff between 1937-1941 under I.W. Gerlich. He was hired as a Dickinson policeman on January 2nd, 1941. Wolf served as a policeman under Chief Cyril Drury for about 9 months until he was appointed Chief of Police in October 1942. Wolf had 2 officers under his command; Patrolman Joe Kessel and "South Dickinson" Patrolman George Hecker. After serving the city in the capacity of chief, he later went on to serve as Municipal Court Judge until his death in 1966. |
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CHIEF CYRIL DRURY (1937 - 1942) Cyril Drury served as police chief in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Drury served as the chairman of the Stark County Democratic Committee and was the commander of the Matthew Brew Post of the American Legion. He had four officers under his command; Joe Kessel, Jack Cumber, Otis Quinion, and Alex Wolf. During this time, two officers were assigned to work the 1 PM to 10 PM shift and the other two worked the 10 PM to 7 AM shift. The department only had 1 sedan police car. |
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CHIEF GEORGE NOLAN (1925 - 1937) George Nolan was the Chief of Police during much of the 1920s and 1930s, serving a total of 12 years. Nolan was a "buck private" war veteran and fought overseas in France. Prior to his appointment, Nolan was a deputy sheriff with the county. During the era of prohibition, Nolan and his staff were busy dealing with bootleggers and busting illegal breweries. Officers during his tenure included Joe Kessel, Michael Roth, Peter Remmilong, W.E. Littlehales, Dick Schuster, and Ernest Reiche. |
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CHIEF WILLIAM L. NICHOL (1919 - 1925) W.L. Nichol served for 5 years as the chief of police. He was the first chief to be appointed by a city "commission". During this time, the job of chief skipped from several people within a years time. George J. Sorber, a prominent farmer and a director in the Farmers' Union, was given the reigns for about 4 months between Chief Hayes and Chief Nichol. |
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CHIEF JERRY HAYES (1918 - 1919) Jerry Hayes served a brief period towards the latter half of the 1910's. He was ultimately voted out of the position by city aldermen for being too lenient on illegal gambling. One of Hayes' officers was named Tom McDonough. McDonough was a notorious nightwatchman known throughout the area. He was a one-armed Irishman who some say was rather fearsome. Newspaper articles in the Dickinson Press from this time seem to carry almost weekly installments of McDonough's captures. They painted him as an aggressive cop not worried to chase juveniles stealing candy from a hardware story on foot, all the way across town, most time catching them. |
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CHIEF PAT CORBETT (1904 - 1918) Pat Corbett was one of the longest-running Chiefs of Police in department history. He served a total of 14 years with the city. He was previously the first elected Sheriff of Stark County when it was formed in 1884. Corbett was a native of Green Bay, WI and moved to Mandan in the late 1800s. He worked for Northern Pacific Railroad and eventually transferred to Dickinson. He worked another year with NPR before taking the position of sheriff, and later, chief. Frank Wanner and Charles Brislin assisted in policing duties during this time. |
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CHIEF J.E. McCOUL (1900 - 1902) and CHIEF J.M. CARROLL (1902 - 1904) Mayor Dan Manning appointed J.E. McCoul as the first chief of police of Dickinson. During this time, Dickinson hired its first policemen. According to an unconfirmed source, the officer was Frank X. Wanner. Wanner went on to become Stark County Sheriff in the 30's and 40's. McCoul was in his position for only 2 years until J.M. Carroll was appointed as Chief of Police. |
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MARSHAL ROBERT CRAIG (1899-1900) After Dickinson was organized as a town in 1899, Robert Craig became the first marshal. He and other elected/appointed officials served only until the next year, when the voters approved a change over to the status of "city". |
| IN MEMORY |
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Theodore C. Wanner Patrolman Theodore "Ted" Wanner died shortly before midnight on July 14th, 1966 when the patrol vehicle he was driving crossed some rail road tracks and struck the side of a box car, killing him instantly. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a Northern Pacific switch engine and box car were traveling north on the south-fork of a Y-turnaround that intersects West Broadway. A train crew member told the NDHP that Wanner appeared to be chasing a speeder. The speeding car crossed the tracks successfully, but Wanner's vehicle struck the box car directly underneath the door, becoming wedged underneath the train, and dragged 27 feet. The suspect continued to flee from the scene. Wanner had just been in contact with another patrol car just moments before the crash. He is believed to have been in the vicinity of the Cargill elevator when his last radio transmission was made. On the following day, police arrested a 33 year old New England man in connection with Wanner's death. He was charged with careless driving, which carried a maximum fine of $100 and 30 days in jail, or both. Wanner was born July 8th, 1937 to Frank and Audina Wanner of Dickinson. He lived with his parents on their farm ten miles southeast of Dickinson until he enlisted in the Navy in 1952 where he served until 1955. He returned to Dickinson where he lived until his death. Wanner married Margaret Stelmachuk of Belfield on February 13th, 1961. He joined the Dickinson Police Department on December 28th, 1961. He was survived by his wife; a 5 year old son Monte; his parents; a brother Edward Wanner; and two sisters Helen (Haag), Fairfield; Martha (Williams), Leveland, Texas. Source: The Dickinson Press |
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Mary Jo Carrington Mary Jo Carrington served on the juvenile relations bureau of the Dickinson Police Department in the late 1970s. She was the first female to qualify for a position within the Dickinson Police Department. Carrington, along with SGT Vaile Pender, ran the bureau for several years off of a federal grant. She developed an "Officer Bill" presentation aimed at first graders in Dickinson and Gladstone. The program stressed that "police officers are your friends". She also provided counseling for juveniles who get involved with their first brush with the law. Carrington determined if juvenile cases would be mandated to court or could stay with the youth bureau. Carrington was born July 22nd, 1946 to Joseph and Mary Huschka in Napoleon. She grew up in Manning, ND and served in the U.S. Women's Air Force. She married David Carrington in Killdeer in 1965. Source: The Dickinson Press |
| OPERATIONS |
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Dickinson Police Serve as City's Ambulance Drivers Back in the mid 1950's, the ambulance service was staffed by off-duty
policemen from the Dickinson PD. In total, 10 officers served on the ambulance
service for nearly 20 years. The drivers included Duane Wolf, Henry Weber, Frank Reisinger, Clarence Kolling, Tom Thompson, Jim Rice, George Grossman, Thomas Nass, Darrel Haag, and Pat Lynch. The officers took turns on staffing the ambulance with 2-man crews. All of the drivers were advanced first aid instructors, though they were commonly met on-scene by a doctor. Frank Reisinger recalls that in the 18 years of driving the ambulance, the entire staff never had a single patient die on them enroute to the hospital. |
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Jail Cell - Downtown Police Department
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Evolution of Shoulder Patches
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Parking Meter Ticket - 1979
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ABOVE : SGT Don Ehli receives training on the operation of the Breathalyzer. Dickinson Press
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'70s Teletype System - aka "The Wire"
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'70s Alarm Panel and Civil Defense Siren
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'70s Dispatch Call Tape
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Early 80's Radar Technology
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Backseat of 1976 Ford LTF
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2006 Ford Crown Victoria
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2001 Ford Crown Victoria
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1992 Chevy Van - Crime Prevention
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1992 Chevy Caprice
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1990 Ford Crown Victoria LTD
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1988 Chevy Caprice
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1985 Dodge Diplomat
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1980 Buick LeSabre
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1976 Ford LTD II
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| HEADLINERS & SCRAPBOOK |
COPS BUST COUNTERFEITING
RING IN DICKINSON
On February 9th, 1962, several individuals were arrested by the US Secret Service and Dickinson PD after a 5-week-long investigation into a counterfeiting ring. The "hub" of the half-million dollar operation, one of the biggest uncovered in the Upper Midwest, was based right here in Dickinson. The investigation started in Washington state with the arrest of Allen Therriault and Carol Sanders. The two were arrested after attempting to pass another couple's name at a Seattle bank. Sanders was in possession of counterfeit $20 and $100 bills. They "rolled over" and gave the name of a Billings man, Jack Lande.
Lande was arrested in Billings for his connection in the counterfeiting ring. The US Secret Service interviewed him and was told that Bernard Gangl, a former Dickinson resident and 1950 graduate of the Central High School, was the head of the operations. Gangl was residing in Casper, WY at the time. He was arrested a short time later. Secret Service Agents Robert Dowling and Arthur Blake accompanied Gangl to Dickinson, where he showed them the house his ring was using.
The house, which is no longer standing, was located at 746 Aldrich ST. It had been in the Gangl family for many years, but had abandoned in the previous 10 years. The house had no running water, but did have electricity and lights. Paper covered the window, as to disguise the happenings within. Police raided the house and found two of Gangl's associates within. They were arrested without incident.
No furniture or regular house furnishings were located inside. Police did find photography equipment and a stolen printing press from Billings. The ring used a rather crude form of counterfeiting; using the cameras to take a picture of real money, and then duplicating the photo onto the printing press. Several plates for the printing press were located in the house as well as in the dump north of town.
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ABOVE : The exterior of 746 Aldrich Street.
The house had been considered vacant for the 10 years prior to the bust.
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ABOVE : Bedroom of the house used by the
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POLICE NAB BURGLARY RING
Acting on a tip from Hazen police, Dickinson Police arrested several individuals suspected of burglarizing a Hazen drug store. On August 22nd, 1964 around 4:30 a.m., a burglar alarm at the Hazen Drug Store was activated. The Highway Patrol spotted two vehicles bearing out-of-state plates leaving the scene. Each vehicle was occupied by three individuals. The Highway Patrol pursued one of the vehicles on an 18-mile chase. Two of the passengers jumped out before the vehicle stopped and were picked up by the second vehicle. The second vehicle was able to sneak past police. The driver of the first vehicle was arrested.
The Highway Patrol searched the vehicle and found a matchbook from the Home Terrace Motel in Dickinson. They also located ammunition for a handgun. A statewide broadcast was issued for agencies to be on the lookout for the second vehicle. It was quickly located at the Home Terrace Motel. Nearly a dozen officers converged on the motel later that day. They arrested five men without incident.
During a search of their belongings, officers recovered three .38 caliber pistols, three two-way radios, knives, and burglary tools. All five were charged with illegal possession of pistols and were held on bond. One of the men, Tom Smith of Tulsa, OK, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of Tulsa for burglary.
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UPPER LEFT : Police arrest three Oklahoma men for suspected burglary of a Hazen drug store. A tip led them to the Home Terrace Motel on West Villard. Patrolman Don Ehli (right)
looks on. UPPER RIGHT : Dickinson Police escort the burglars to police cars. In the background is The Rock Shop, which was located near present-day U-Save Car Wash. CENTER : Patrolman Ted Wanner searches the belongings of the trio. |
DOWNTOWN HOTEL FIRES DEEMED ARSON
The City of Dickinson has also been subject to several large structure fires in its history. Two of those, both occurring within a year of each other, nearly ignited the entire downtown area on both occasions. One fire resulted in the death of a Dickinson resident, and both fires were deemed to be arson.
Villard Hotel Fire - January 20th, 1949
The City of Dickinson was peacefully at rest on a bitterly cold morning of January 20th, 1949. Overnight duties at the Villard Hotel were proceeding as normal. The three-story hotel, which stood in the 10 blk of West Villard near present-day Greene Drug, was only hours away from total ruin. Shortly after two o'clock in the morning, a pastry chef at the Villard Hotel began to smell smoke coming from the basement of the hotel. It did not take long for the fire to quickly spread and engulf the basement.
Hotel guests, many clad in just pajamas, grabbed their belongings and evacuated into the frigid temperatures outside. Of the 57 guests, one happened to be Trooper Hollis Dietz; a highway patrolman from Beach who was staying in town. Trooper Dietz, along with hotel employees, are credited with the quick and orderly evacuation of guests.
As the morning progressed, the fire continued to spread and worsen. The 20 below zero weather and strong northeast winds hampered firefighting efforts. Large sparks and flaming pieces of wood began landing on adjacent buildings, setting them ablaze. Fireman braved the dangers of treacherous, ice-covered roofs to suppress the flames and prevent further loss. Police Officer Matt Zabel and Joe Faller assisted in rescue and firefighting efforts through the morning.
The fire spread into the neighboring Schilla Hardware store. Gunpowder inside the store ignited, causing the front window to blast outwards. The John Ward restaurant, the Red Owl store, and upstairs offices and apartments also fell victim to the blaze. The fire wasn't brought under control until 11 o'clock that morning.
Though damage estimates were estimated at almost a half-million (in 1949 standards), no one was killed or injured in one of Dickinson's largest fires. This would not remain true, because almost a year later, another large fire nearly burnt downtown Dickinson to ashes.
ABOVE : Fire rages through the Villard Hotel in the early morning hours of January 20th, 1949. Bitterly cold and gusty winds caused the fire to spread to other downtown businesses. The hotel stood near present-day Greene Drug. The Dickinson Press
St. Charles Hotel Fire - February 1st, 1950
As one city block of downtown Dickinson was rebuilding and recovering after a massive blaze only a year earlier, another blaze threatened to destroy yet another block on February 1st, 1950. This fire, eerily similar to the Villard Hotel fire, began around 2:30 a.m. at the St. Charles Hotel. The hotel, which stood in the 10 blk of East Villard near present-day Jordheim's Plaza, was Dickinson's largest and most popular hotel. It was packed near capacity with 80 guests staying there that evening. The fire exhibited similar characteristics as the previous fire and spread quickly.
Firefighters again braved bitterly cold temperatures and strong winds. Hot embers sparked fires on the neighboring Saif Furniture store and Army-Navy store and threatened to start a serious fire at the Elmquist Standard Service station. The fire in the hotel was so intense, one guest jumped from a third floor window. He landed on the roof of a shed, breaking his back. He laid there for nearly an hour until rescuers located him. He sustained severe frostbite, but lived through the ordeal.
Not all guests were as lucky. George Carpenter, an elderly Dickinson resident and bus company owner, had been living in the hotel for many years. On the night of the fire, witnesses saw Carpenter attempting to extinguish flames in his room. As the day progressed, Carpenter failed to show up for work. His co-workers notified the fire department, which began a search effort. Carpenter was found lying outside of the hotel, deceased from an apparent heart attack.
An investigation was conducted by the state fire marshal's office. They concluded that the St. Charles fire, along with the Villard fire, were indeed an arson. An arrest was made, and an individual was sentenced to prison for his role in the fires and the death of Mr. Carpenter. Very little information could be found pertaining to motive or identity of the arsonist.
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ABOVE : Flames illuminate the sky during a February 1st, 1950 fire at the St. Charles Hotel. One person was killed. The fire was deemed an arson and one person was arrested in connection with the blaze. The hotel stood on the site of present-day Jordheim's Plaza. The Dickinson Press |
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ABOVE : Rare 16mm video footage of the St. Charles Hotel fire. Footage courtesy of the late Thomas J. Binek and the Binek Family. |
SWANSON MOTEL MURDERS
On November 9th 1981, Dickinson was the scene of a grizzly murder. The scene; The Swanson Motel, 746 West Villard. The victims; 53-year-old Priscilla Dinkel and her 7-year-old grand-daughter, Danelle Lietz. Their killer; William Reager. The Swanson murders drew national attention among the law enforcement community, mainly because the case had gone "cold" and a suspect wasn't named for nearly 10 years. That changed in 1991 when a new tool, an "FBI profile", was given to law enforcement and a killer was brought to justice.
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Police Chief Chuck Rummel, who in 1981 was a Patrolman, was one of the first called to the motel. Rummel described the murders as eerie. Dinkel was found face down in the office lobby of the motel. Her hands had been bound with an electrical cord and she had suffered a blow to the head by a blunt object. Her granddaugther, Danelle Lietz, was in the office sleeping quarters. Lietz was found unbound on the bed, but evidence suggested she had been tied up at one point. Rummel said that he can still remember what the two were wearing; Dinkel in a blue nightgown and Lietz in Strawberry Shortcake pajamas. To make matters worse, there was evidence suggesting sexual contact was made by the killer between Dinkel and Lietz.
Local police detectives, to include then-Detective (SGT) Rick Bartz, and state BCI detectives worked on the case to develop any leads possible. A list of suspects was on hand, but several crucial pieces of information were missing, making it difficult for investigators to connect the remaining dots. Weeks turned into months, then into years, with no new leads. The case turned cold after nearly 10 years.
In 1991, a city police commissioner stirred interest in the case and asked the new police chief to take another look at it. Chief Paul Bazzano was head of the police department at the time. Rummel, who in 1991 was working as detective, was assigned by Bazzano to review the cold case and develop any leads possible. With the help of the FBI, a suspect "profile" was created and compared to the list of suspects. The FBI profile was a new concept in the early 90's and would prove to be pivotal in naming a suspect in the Swanson murders.
After comparing the list, Rummel named William Reager, a city taxi driver and transient, as the prime suspect. Within days, Rummel and a representative with the state BCI office were enroute to Batesville, Arkansas to interview Reager. During the interview, Rummel noticed many traits of the FBI profile were glaringly obvious in Reager. After hours of interviewing, Reager finally confessed to the murders and gave very vivid details of the murder that only law enforcement and/or the suspect would know. He told Rummel that he wanted to date Dinkel's daughter, but she did not approve of him.
Reager was subsequently arrested and charged with the murders of Priscilla Dinkel and 7-year-old Danelle Lietz. Reager was put on trial for the murders, but died in jail from a heart attack just days before the start.
The Swanson murders are used as case studies for FBI profiles in many criminal justice universities around the nation. This notion has even sparked interest of A&E Television and their series "Cold Case Files". Chief Rummel plans to meet with television executives to tell the story of Priscilla Dinkel and Danelle Lietz and how their killer was finally brought to justice.
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ABOVE : Dickinson's second homicide. On November 9th,
1981, William Reager stangled Priscilla Dinkel, and Dinkel's 7-year-old
grand-daughter, Danelle Lietz. Dinkel was a manager at the Swanson's
Motel, where the murders took place (across the street from present-day
Honda West on West Villard). The case remaind unsolved for nearly 9
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ABOVE : Cass Hewson (left) and Barb McLeod
(right) visit local schools and chat with the students. |
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ABOVE : Newscast of mock car accident - 1994 & 2000 Teen Action Group and DPD. |
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ABOVE : SGT Joe Faller (left), Patrolman Merle Bacon (center), and a Highway Patrol trooper chat with citizens in downtown Dickinson (1957). |
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ABOVE : Dickinson PD 1947 (left to right); |
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ABOVE : Three articles from the Dickinson Press making reference to a natorious DPD officer of the 1910s; Nightwatchman Tom McDonough. A fourth article from the Bismarck Tribune also included. |
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ABOVE : A 1927 blurp from the Dickinson Press informing readers of the new city and state traffic laws. |
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ABOVE : Several unique articles from the Dickinson Press. |
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ABOVE : One of Dickinson's only armed bank robberies at the Liberty National Bank in the Prarie Hills Mall (3-22-91). Suspect later caught after bragging to friends. The Dickinson Press |
