| Constable Jules Fortin
Service de police de la Ville de Montreal
Québec
End of Watch: Friday, May 6, 1910 Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 11 months
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Not available
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Constable Jules Fortin and Constable Daniel O'Connell were gunned down on Chaboillez Square as they took a man suspected of stealing a pair of rubber boots in for questioning.
The suspect a 37 year old immigrant from Liverpool, was later arrested and charged with the murder of the two officers. He was convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
The execution in the courtyard of the old Montreal Jail on November 10, 1910 was the last public hanging in the city.
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