Bruce A. Patton

Bruce A. Patton, an officer with the Coraopolis Borough Police Department, was shot and killed on December 10, 1905, while arresting Edward Wright.

Wright fled and was never apprehended.

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Author: Bill Lofquist

I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.

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