Captain William O B Stricker
Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, 7 December 1893, page 4
Mayor Paris C Brown, of Newport, last night made formal
announcement of his appointments on the police force of the city from the Chief
down. Mayor Brown has been in office three weeks, and during this time the
matter of his police appointments has grown to be one of paramount public
interest. A number of well known men have been mentioned for the Chief of
Police. The list is as follows;
CAPTAIN W O B STRICKER, Chief
GEORGE H BISHOP, Lieutenant
TAYLOR WILLIS, of the First Ward, day man
DENNIS FLYNN, of the First Ward, day man
PATROLMEN
HENRY VENARD, of the First Ward
CHAS HALLAM, of the First Ward
RICHARD DONAVIN, of the Second Ward
BURT FLYNN, of the Fourth Ward
ISAAC HILDEBRANDT, of the Fourth Ward
JOHN G STRAHM, of the Seventh Ward
HARRY KLINKENBEARD, of the Fifth Ward
JOSEPH J FLYNN, of the Seventh Ward
EDWIN SMITH, of the Fifth Ward
ROBERT SULLIVAN, of the Third Ward
JOHN POCHER, of the Sixth Ward
CHARLES CRAIG, of the Second Ward
FRANK RENKE, of the Seventh Ward
WILLIAM KINELLA, of the Seventh Ward
JOSEPH B PILLE, of the Sixth Ward
Patrolman Benke will be detailed as Jail Guard. Captain W O B Stricker, the new Chief, is an Old River pilot for twenty years, he had a reputation to be envied among river men from Pittsburg to New Orleans. He is known to nearly every man, woman, and child in Newport. Lieutenant Bishop is also a man who is more than well known in Newport. He is at present a clerk in the freight department of the Southern Road. Patrolman Charles Hallam is a step brother of Theodore Hallam, the well known Covington attorney. Patrolman Dennis Flynn is an ex policeman, who is very well known.
The new appointments go into effect on December 15.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, 25 December 1894, page 7
NEWPORT
Captain Stricker's Present-Chief of Police Stricker was remembered in a most kindly and happy manner last evening by the police force. At 7 o'clock after roll call, Mayor Brown with Police Commissioners Botts, Winstel, Johnson and Klein and the force, stepped forward and made a happy little speech "to show you how the gentlemen who have been in your department for the past year feel toward you. On behalf of the members of the police force I am pleased to present you with this handsome badge, the emblem of authority. They wish me to publicly thank you for the fair and courteous treatment you have shown them during the past year and to express for them their best wishes for your future happiness and prosperity."
The kind hearted old Chief was completely taken by surprise and for a time was unable to speak. He finally expressed his thanks and said he could not make a speech. Some one, apparently to retrieve him out of his confusion cried. "Give us a little tune on the fiddle." This is the Captain's favorite instrument.
The body of the gift is solid gold, with a blue enamel center. The figure of Justice with the scales all in bead relief, is surrounded by a pilot's wheel, emblematic of the Captain's former avocation of a river pilot. On the back is inscribed; "To Captain W O B Stricker-From the Police Force-Christmas 1894."
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 6 February 1903, page 4
Arch V Stewart, who was formerly Secretary of the Cincinnati and New Orleans Pilots Association, has prepared some data showing that of the 70 members of the association in 1867, only 14 survive.
Among the living is W O B Stricker, former Chief of Police of Newport Ky.
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William O B Stricker 1905 Obituary