Show I P l REED BILLINGS DETECTIVE DIES Reed Billings veteran Salt Lake JIke I Cil City ity police pollee detective in command command of ot police olice radio patrol cars died in a acal local cal ho hospital Fri Frt 4 day ay at a. a m. m a of oC heart disease His death marked the ic end of ot 16 s years of ou outstanding service scree ser ser- vice ee on the police de department e p a de dc- dared ared Chief of Police Po Po- lice ce William L. L Payne ayne Known as a fear fear- Ie ess g man Detective Bm Billings Jillings ng was esteemed esteemed es- es teemed highly by bye bytell tell fellow e 11 o 0 w officers Most lost of ot his police poUce career was was was' spent as s a plain clothes clothes- Reed need Billings Billing man on the vice squad Detective Billings was born In Provo Provo Pro- Pro vo o June 19 19 1885 the son of oC Emma and nd Titus Billin Billings s early Utah pio His early manhood was spent In n the mines of or Eureka He joined the he Salt Lake City police department July uly 6 6 1912 but two years ears later left leC the he service rejoining it February 9 1920 He was WM appointed a night detective detec- detec ive tive January 18 1928 and on Sep- Sep ember l 1928 was promoted to a first grade detective As a patrolman Reed Billings served with Lieutenant David H. H Clayon Clayton Clay Clay- ton tori on on the squad A lUelon lifelong life life- lon long ong friendship grew from this part- part Wh When n Lieutenant Clayton was as transferred to the detective bureau bu bu- reau eau Reed Billings went with him Six months ago Detective Billings vas wa placed in command of or police radio raio ra ra- dio io patrol cars With a wide reputation as a 3 fearless fear fear- less ess fighter In discharge of ot his duties two wo performances are outstanding standing in Detective Billings' Billings career said Chief Payne The first occurred in 1924 when three iree whiskey runners from Butte Mont were cornered in a blind street on n the western outskirts of the city With Vilh other officers Detective Billings Bill Bill- ings shot it out with the rum runners runners run run- ners and captured them He was credited with being instrumental in their apprehension It was Detective Billings who In ina a a. hour four gun battle with Andrew Andre Garbis narcotic peddler finally slew Garbis who ho had shot and seriously wounded another detective Wren Neve The battle occurred September 1 I 1925 according to police records Detective Billings is survived by his mother Mrs Emma Billings and anda a brother Orson Billings both of ot Eu Eu- reka eka three sisters Mrs Maude Miller Eureka Jureka Mrs Stella Jones Paso Ro Ro- bles bics Cal Cat and Mrs Mary B. B Johnson John- John son on Great Falls Mont a son Glen Billin Billings s Salt Lake City and two daughters laughters Mrs Helen B. B Duncombe Salt Lake City and Mrs Emma B. B Kimbrough Los Angeles and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending word vord from relatives |