Jalmari Soisalo

Jalmari Soisalo

Syntymäaika: 18.8.1891

Kuolinaika: 6.9.1932

Location / Place: Evijärvi

Rank: Junior Constable

Police unit: Evijärvi Sheriff's District

Lähteitä: Poliisimies 17/1932, 5a/1933; Suomen Poliisilehti 17/1932, 18/1932.

Tapahtumien kuvaus: A peddler named Armas Joutsenjärvi had been selling his goods around Evijärvi and was on his way to Kortesjärvi. Constable Jalmari Soisalo had been informed that some of the goods Joutsenjärvi was selling were illegal, so he decided to find the peddler. After having followed him for a few kilometres, Soisalo caught up with him and demanded to see his goods. Joutsenjärvi though that Constable Soisalo, who was wearing civilian clothes and holding a pistol, was a robber. Instead of letting Soisalo see his goods, Joutsenjärvi tried to run away. Soisalo caught him, and during the ensuing struggle, a Mauser pistol that Joutsenjärvi was carrying went off three or four times. One of the bullets hit Soisalo in the leg and another one in the chest, killing Soisalo instantly. Joutsenjärvi did not try to escape, but waited for the police to arrive.

Tekijä 1: Joutsenjärvi Armas

Judgment 1: Considered to be not of sound mind. Prison sentence of 3 years and 5 days.

Memorial plaque: Police University College, Ostrobothnia Police Department (Vaasa Main Police Station)