A contractor for the Missouri Department of Public Safety installs the bronze plaque for Alonzo Hertig (bottom row, far right) Wednesday on the Wall of Honor at the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial in Jefferson City. Hertig, city marshal in Blue Springs in 1923, was killed in the line of duty just two months into the job. [Photo courtesy of Mike O'Connell/MDPS]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net November will mark 100 years since Blue Springs City Marshal Alonzo Hertig was shot and killed in the line of duty.…
