Special Agent George S. Newcomb

George S. Newcomb

Special Agent George Newcomb was shot and killed while investigating a scam involving several conmen who were conspiring with a special agent of the Grand Trunk Railroad.

He had observed the corrupt special agent speaking to the man in a saloon and the confronted them after they boarded a Grand Trunk passenger train. The other agent attempted to bribe Agent Newcomb by offering him a share of the proceeds of their scam, but Agent Newcomb refused and was then shot by one of the men in the area of 14th Street as the train approached Dearborn Station on the elevated tracks.

Agent Newcomb was taken to Mercy Hospital where he made an antemortem statement that the corrupt agent had instructed one of the men to shoot him after he refused the bribe. The other agent was arrested but later released due to lack of evidence.

Agent Newcomb was survived by his wife.