P/O Arthur H. Malinofski

On this day in Baltimore Police History 1935, we lost our brother, Police Officer Arthur H. Malinofski, to gunfire based on the following:

Officer Malinofski was discovered several feet from his patrol car, dead from two gunshot wounds. A milkman discovered the body lying on the ground on Main Avenue near Gwynn Oak Avenue at approximately 4 a.m. According to news reports at the time, “it was about 4 o’clock when Patrolman Malinofski, flashlight in hand, parked his car on a lot just off Maine Avenue and began a routine inspection of rear doors. The beam of his light, General Gaither, Commissioner of Police, surmised, fell on ‘somebody doing something he shouldn’t have been doing.’ Caught in the flood of light, that'somebody' fired at the patrolman before the latter had a chance to reach for his gun, which hung in a holster from his hip. This was possible, the police said, for the holster was untouched, the gun not moved and ‘no good officer who arrests a man would continue to hold his flashlight in his hand.’ Patrolmen Anthony Staylor and Henry Levinson arrested the suspect, Oscar Norfolk, 30. Lieutenant Edward Hitzelberger questioned Mr. Norfolk before booking him as "suspected of assault and shooting." Off. Malinofski's wife Gladys survived him and he had nine years of service with the police.

MAN ARRESTED AS SUSPECT IN POLICE MURDER Nov 1, 1935

Said To Have Long Criminal Record; Quizzed At Northwestern High FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING TODAY Patrolman Malinofski Shot Through Heart Early Yesterday

MAN ARRESTED AS SUSPECT IN POLICE MURDER Nov 1, 1935

Said To Have Long Criminal Record; Quizzed At Northwestern High FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING TODAY Patrolman Malinofski Shot Through Heart Early Yesterday

A man arrested early this morning was docketed as James Snail, 1000 block Walbrook Avenue.

SEARCH FOR POLICE SLAYER CONTINUES November 2, 1935

Six Suspects In Malinofski Slaying Released After Questioning QUIZZED BY MINTIENS Detective Captain Reports More Than 100 Persons Have Telephoned With "Tips" On Case

DISREGARDS THIRD MALINOFSKI BULLET December 15, 1935

Lieut. Coll calls the discovery of a pellet in the door jamb to be of "no significance," but tests reveal that the policeman's killer fired a slug from a pistol.

The finding yesterday of a third bullet at the scene of the murder of Patrolman Arthur Malinofski is "of no significance," according to Lieutenant James Coll, of the Northwestern district, after the bullet had been turned over to him.

Off. Malinofski was checking businesses on the midnight shift near Maine Ave. and Gwynn Oak Avenue. As he was checking businesses, he came upon a man trying to pry open a rear door to one of them. The man spun around and fired two shots, striking the officer. A milkman making deliveries nearby was drawn to the gunfire and discovered Off. Malinofski laying near the curb. He died from his wounds shortly thereafter. 

As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department, we will not let him be forgotten. His service honored the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore Police Department. May he rest in peace, and may God bless him.