Sergeant Carl Frank Hille| Cincinnati Police Division

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Sergeant Carl F. Hille
Sergeant Carl F. Hille

Age: 35
Served: 13 years
February 1, 1929 to July 15, 1942

 

Carl Hille was born February 11, 1907 in Cincinnati to William (of Connecticut) and Anna (Schlueter) Hille. He attended public schools in the West End. As a teenager he was a legendary fast-pitch softball pitcher for the Cincinnati Police Athletic League. In 1922, he started 69 games and lost only one. At the age of 16, he started working for the Liggett Brothers Coal Company, driving a truck. He then worked for a couple of years driving a truck for Adam Ungerbeuhler Company and 2½ years driving for the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company.  More