Albert John Bretz was born 13 Dec 1897 in Springfield, IL to Charles John Bretz (1863-1931) and Clara Striffler (1874-1940).
I didn't find any children for Albert but he had the following siblings.
Charles M Bretz
1894–1968
Albert John Bretz
1897–1950
Chester Bretz
1902–1943
Ogden S Bretz
1908–1994
Clarence Bretz (Died before the 1920 Census)
1909–
Leslie J Bretz
1910–1992
Seems Heart disease runs in their family most of them died from some sort of a heart problem.
So I am sure you are asking how he could of been arrested for being suspicious, here is the reason and legal means as how you can be detained by police.
Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard of proof in United States law that is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch'"; it must be based on "specific and articulable facts", "taken together with rational inferences from those facts", and the suspicion must be associated with the specific individual. If police additionally have reasonable suspicion that a person so detained is armed and dangerous, they may "frisk" the person for weapons, but not for contraband like drugs. However, if the police develop probable cause during a weapons frisk (by feeling something that could be a weapon or contraband, for example), they can then search you. Reasonable suspicion is evaluated using the "reasonable person" or "reasonable officer" standard, in which said person in the same circumstances could reasonably suspect a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; it depends upon the totality of circumstances, and can result from a combination of particular facts, even if each is individually innocuous.
In Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a person can be stopped and briefly detained by a police officer based on a reasonable suspicion of involvement in a punishable crime. If the officer has reasonable suspicion the detainee is armed, the officer may perform a "pat-down" of the person's outer garments for weapons. Such a detention does not violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizure, though it must be brief. Reasonable suspicion does not provide grounds for arrest; however, an arrest can be made if facts discovered during the detention provide probable cause that the suspect has committed a crime. (Note: Probable cause cannot be after the fact. Any added probable cause after the fact would be inadmissible in a court of law.).
As to why he was in New Orleans and being detained we may never know.
Inmate: #4953 New Orleans Police Dept.
RecL 26 Apr 1920
Crime: Suspicious Person
Age: 23
Albert married first 30 July 1921 in Kaufman County, TX to Leona Irene Johnson.
Second he married on 15 Jan 1931 in Comal County, TX to Lillian Louise McFarland, they divorced and she married a Mr. McDonald.
Albert died 23 Aug 1950 in San Antonio, TX
Charles M Bretz
1894–1968
Albert John Bretz
1897–1950
Chester Bretz
1902–1943
Ogden S Bretz
1908–1994
Clarence Bretz (Died before the 1920 Census)
1909–
Leslie J Bretz
1910–1992
Seems Heart disease runs in their family most of them died from some sort of a heart problem.
So I am sure you are asking how he could of been arrested for being suspicious, here is the reason and legal means as how you can be detained by police.
Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard of proof in United States law that is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch'"; it must be based on "specific and articulable facts", "taken together with rational inferences from those facts", and the suspicion must be associated with the specific individual. If police additionally have reasonable suspicion that a person so detained is armed and dangerous, they may "frisk" the person for weapons, but not for contraband like drugs. However, if the police develop probable cause during a weapons frisk (by feeling something that could be a weapon or contraband, for example), they can then search you. Reasonable suspicion is evaluated using the "reasonable person" or "reasonable officer" standard, in which said person in the same circumstances could reasonably suspect a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; it depends upon the totality of circumstances, and can result from a combination of particular facts, even if each is individually innocuous.
In Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a person can be stopped and briefly detained by a police officer based on a reasonable suspicion of involvement in a punishable crime. If the officer has reasonable suspicion the detainee is armed, the officer may perform a "pat-down" of the person's outer garments for weapons. Such a detention does not violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizure, though it must be brief. Reasonable suspicion does not provide grounds for arrest; however, an arrest can be made if facts discovered during the detention provide probable cause that the suspect has committed a crime. (Note: Probable cause cannot be after the fact. Any added probable cause after the fact would be inadmissible in a court of law.).
As to why he was in New Orleans and being detained we may never know.
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