Officer Robert J. Baker a motorcycle officer, had a running feud with 19-year-old Herbert Bobb who was terrorizing a south side neighborhood by driving his "hot rod" at high speed.  On the evening of October 2, 1948, Bobb was waiting for Officer Baker as Baker was riding his cycle north on Shelby Street.  Bobb pulled his car out onto Shelby from Calhoun Street, directly in front of Baker's motorcycle.  Baker struck Bobb's car broadside and was thrown from his cycle.   He landed on his head and died within a few minutes.  Bobb fled the scene, but was apprehended six days later and confessed that he was the one involved.  He was sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter.

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