A posse was formed and both City and County officers began a manhunt. Officer Roberts shot the suspect in the jaw as he escaped. The shots struck Officer Palmore in the head and groin. The suspect grabbed the pistol and fired it as he struggled with Officer Palmore. The officers located a pistol under a pillow and it was laid on a nightstand as Palmore began to take custody of the suspect. Officers Palmore and Roberts found the suspect in bed. The suspect was to be arrested for earlier brandishing a pistol at another man. Palmore and Clay Roberts went to make an arrest at a home on Good Children's Lane, an area with a reputation for criminal activities.

The final construction bill included cost overruns of $6 for an extra 300 feet of lumber and $15 to 'dig and wall a vault for the privy.' This jail was located immediately west of the Calaboose, currently the home of the department’s Police Museum and Park Central Substation.ġ876- Four officers and the Marshall worked the 'Central Station' above the fire station at 414 West College Street.ġ888– On the morning of August 9, 1888, Officers Fred J. Bids for the jail ranged from a low of $369 to a high of $510. This year also saw the construction of Springfield’s first city jail, a 15x30 foot wooden building with a dirt floor. Tutt, who served a single one-year term, was the half brother of Dave Tutt, who was killed by Wild Bill Hickok in 1865. Baughman died the next day, July 21, 1871.ġ874– In response to requests from members of Springfield’s minority community, Lewis Tutt, son of a female slave and her white owner, was appointed Springfield’s first minority officer. It is believed that Baughman was the first hit, and that he never fired a shot. The Strafford man was shot and killed by the Springfieldian. Others say that the Springfieldians opened fire and one of their shots accidentally hit Baughman. Some say the Strafford man fired the shot that killed Baughman.

Versions of what happened vary, depending on the affiliation of the witness. Baughman was shot as he struggled with the Strafford man. The Strafford man refused to go with Constable Baughman, and a major row developed between several members of each family. A Springfieldian and his son, participants of this feud, went along.

Wild Bill Hickok was a witness to the incident.ġ870- Police Headquarters was located at the base of the Bell Tower in the center of Park Central Square.ġ871– In the early morning hours of July 20, 1871, Campbell Township Constable Jacob Baughman went to a home near Strafford to make an arrest concerning an ongoing feud between two men. City Marshals (Police Chiefs) would be elected for terms of either one or two years until 1916.ġ866- The first officer-involved shooting occurred. A month later, he ran for City Marshal in Springfield's first post-Civil War election and placed second out of five candidates. In August, Hickok was acquitted of manslaughter in Tutt's death. 1829- The Springfield community was first established in 1829 with the arrival of Tennessean John Polk Campbell who donated fifty acres of his land and laid out the new town.ġ849- Town Constable appointed for the first time.ġ858- With a population of 1,200 citizens, Springfield established the first Police Department consisting of a Marshal (Chief) and two officers.ġ865- The World's first 'High Noon' shoot-out occurred on the public square, when James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok shot Dave Tutt over a woman and a pocket watch he had lost in a poker game at a downtown saloon.

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