27 years at City of Philadelphia Police Department
Rank
Detective, January 1888 until retirement, August 1903, appointed by Philadelphia Mayor Edwin Henry Fitler
Special Officer, from February 1877 to January 1888
Patrolman, May 6, 1876 to February 1887, appointed by Mayor William Stokley
Badge no.
840, 887, and detective badge
Other work
Author of Holmes-Pitezel case: a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children, 1896
Invented "Shutter or Door Fastener," 1896
Invented "Safety-Lock," 1907
Founded "Frank P. Geyer Detective Agency," Philadelphia, PA, after retirement
Franklin P. Geyer (July 28, 1853 – October 4, 1918) was an American police detective from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his investigation of H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers. Geyer was a longtime city employee of the Philadelphia Police Department, and in 1894 was assigned to investigate the Holmes-Pitezel Case. He published the story in his book The Holmes-Pitezel Case: a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children.[1][2][3][4]
Son of Reuben K. Geyer and Camilla Buck, Frank Geyer died at the age of 65 due to La Grippe (Spanish Flu) and his funeral was attended by hundreds of policemen and detectives.[5][6]
^Geyer, Frank P.; Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) ICIU (1896). The Holmes-Pitezel case; a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children. Philadelphia. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^Philadelphia City Archives (1876–1885). City of Philadelphia Police Roll Books 1876-1885. Philadelphia Police.
^"Holmes Nemesis to Leave Force". Philadelphia Inquirer. August 16, 1903.
^Crighton, JD (2017). Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer. Murrieta, CA: RW Publishing House. pp. 28–29, 236–237. ISBN 978-1-946100-02-3.
^"Franklin P. Geyer death certificate". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^Crighton, JD (2017). Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer. Murrieta, CA: RW Publishing House. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-946100-02-3.
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