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"VIRGINIA WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS -- LYNCHBURG, VA., Oct. 16 -- William Leslie Leebrick and Miss Hazel Cora Moore, both of Lynchburg, were married Wednesday afternoon at the home of Rev. S. H. Perkins, assistant pastor of College Hill Baptist Church."--17 Oct 1925, Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch
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"Mr. Preston and wife, brother-in-law and sister of Sam Leebrick who were here on a visit to the latter some time ago, were the victims of a burglary at Seattle, W.T., last Monday night. The burglar entered their apartment in the second story through a window at midnight, and Mrs. Preston saw him as he noiselessly climbed in. She had heard of instances where the man of the house had been suddenly awakened by the wife and the husband shot by the burglar. Therefore, she quietly slipped her hand under her husband's head and secured his revolver. The burglar pocketed Mrs. Preston's gold watch and taking Mr. Preston's vest in which was a fine gold watch and some money, stepped out of the window and started down a rope ladder. Mrs. Preston then got up, and before waking her husband, leaned out of the window and shot the burglar. The shot did not kill him, but he was tracked several blocks by the blood stains on the ground. He dropped the vest, but got away with Mrs. Preston's watch. Mrs. Preston is certainly a cool headed and courageous lady."--15 Jun 1889, Phillips County (Long Island, KS) Inter Ocean
"Mrs. E.L. Preston of Chula Vista, San Diego county, was a guest the early portion of this week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Leebrick. Mr. James H. Leebrick of San Diego was also a guest at the same home on Tuesday upon his return from an extended trip to Chicago and other eastern points. Although suffering from total blindness, this gentleman conducts an extensive real estate business in his home city."--22 May 1909, The Covina (CA) Argus.
"Mrs. Clara L. Preston and George Leebrick of National Avenue, were weekend guests at Santa Ana with their brother, James Leebrick."--14 September 1925, San Diego (CA) Union
"Mrs. Clara L. Preston and brother, George Leebrick, have returned from a visit at Santa Ana with Mr. and Mrs. James Leebrick."--9 January 1924, San Diego (CA) Union.
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1910 Census living with Robert and Emma (Leebrick) Nickolas
"Officer Shot While on Duty. LYNCHBURG, VA., June 22.--Alfred Leebrick, formerly of Madison Heights here, according to information received by relatives, died at Blantonburg, Md., having been fatally shot Sunday night, while performing the duties of a county officer. He is survived by his wife and an infant son."--23 Jun 1923, Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch
"Forgotten History: Blandensburg Police Officer Fell in Line of Duty> -- Constable Gasch was assigned to maintain order at a carnival in Bladensburg on Saturday, June 16, 1923. When a disturbance broke out, the Prince Georges County Officer arrested at least one man for disorderly conduct, and as he prepared to take his prisoner to jail, a menacing crowd surrounded the lawman, threatening to free the man. As the ruckus escalated, Bladensburg Baliff James A. Leebrick came to the aid of the constable, pushing his way through the crowd to reach the officer's side when he was shot above the heart. (Bailiff was the term for a municipal police officer.)
Bystanders rushed the stricken twenty-five-year-old Bladensburg policeman to Casualty Hospital, in Washington, D.C., where surgeons operated and provided transfusions. Lingering for three days, Baliff Leebrick died on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. (June 19, 1923), according to the death certificate.
The coroner's jury investigated the murder, determined that "James A. Leebrick, bailiff, who was fatally shot a week ago while aiding a brother officer, met his death as a result of a bullet fired by an unknown party." The verdice was reached on the fifth polling of the jury."--http://www.dixonhistory.com/news/
"SEEKS MORE POLICE TO AVERT DISORDER --Hyattsville Mayor Asks State Aid at Leebrick Inquest.--CRITICISES COUNTY SHERIFF--Latter Says He Has Heard No Rumors Of Threatened Trouble.--Fearing possible disorder in Bladensburg and Hyattsville tomorrow night when Hugh O'Neill, justice of the peace, will investigate the death of James A. Leebrick, bailiff at Bladensburg, Mayor J. Frank Rushe, of Hyattsville, has appealed to E. Austin Baughman, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for State police protection.
It is charged that Leebrick was shot last week by Andrew F. Gasch, county constable. Mayor Rushe yesterday criticized J. Arthur Sweeney, sheriff of the county, for 'the air of unrest and lawlessness in the county,' and demanded better police protection. Sheriff Sweeney replied that there was no occasion for anxiety.
No Orders Received. Capt. Roger H. Williams, of the State police, said that no orders to detail police to Bladensburg had been issued.
Leebrick was shot as he was fighting his way through a crowd of Negroes to go to the assistance of Gasch, who was taking a Negro, arrested at the Bladensburg carnival, to jail. A large crowd of negroes had threatened to take the prisoner from Gasch, who fired into the crowd, wounding Leebrick. Gasch gave a pint of his blood by transfusion in an effort to save Leebrick's life.
Mayor Rushe said he had reports that a concerted effort may be made by Negroes to interrupt the inquest. In this event, the white population, he said, might take a hand. He had called at the Baltimore headquarters of the State Police, he added, and asked for five or six men to patrol the streets during the inquest.
Action Follows Conference. This action, he explained, followed a conference with Edward Gasch, president of the Board of Commissioners of Bladensburg, who consented to the summoning of State police. Hyattsville is adjacent to Bladensburg, and the interests of the two communities, Mayor Rushe said, are nearly identical.
'Sheriff Sweeney has refused to swear in the State police as deputies,' Mayor Rushe said. 'His force is entirely inadequate. The laws in the county are not enforced and lawlessness is rampant. Prince George's county is peppered with constables, but they may as well be elsewhere. They don't keep law and order.
'I called for the State police, and expect to have them here. They would be used only to patrol the streets.'..."--24 Jun 1923, The Baltimore (MD) Sun
"LEEBRICK. A tribute of love to the memory of my beloved one, J. ALFRED LEEBRICK, who departed this life one year ago today, June 19, 1923.
It is sweet to know we will meet again,
Where parting is no more.
And that the one I loved so dearly
Has only gone before.
FREDA"--19 June 1924, Evening Star (Washington DC)