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Our Police Protectors Chapter 21, Part 5 By Holice and Debbie |
| Name | Rank | Prect | Date | Nature of service |
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Michael Walsh |
Patrol |
7 |
Mar, 31, 1875 |
Bravery in arresting desperado |
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Wm. Burke |
Patrol |
16 |
May 13, 1875 |
Pursuing and arresting a thief |
|
Wm. Londrigan |
Patrol |
5 |
May 10, 1875 |
Risked life to save two persons, runaway horse |
|
George Davis |
Patrol |
26 |
May 29, 1875 |
Prompt action, assault on Deputy Comptroller Earle |
|
Barth. Gaffney |
Patrol |
18 |
June 8, 1875 |
Bravery in arrest of four burglars |
|
James Stewart |
Rdsmn |
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Benj. Mallane |
Patrol |
9 |
June 10, 1875 |
Rescue of man from drowning |
|
Thos. Brennan & Wm. Granger |
Patrol |
19 |
July 2, 1875 |
Rescue of boy from drowning |
|
John O'Brien & Bernard McEveety |
Patrol |
19 |
July 20, 1875 |
Arresting desperado; McEveety shot at the time |
|
Thos. Burkitt |
Patrol |
9 |
Aug. 3, 1875 |
Arrest of two burglars |
|
Manus McBride |
Patrol |
18 |
Aug. 17, 1875 |
Stopping runaway horse. |
|
J. W. Dyckman |
Patrol |
25 |
Sept. 3, 1875 |
Stopping runaway at risk of life |
|
Thos. W. Thorne |
Insp |
Oct. 1, 1875 |
Zeal, energy and ability in case of murder of Abm Wessbig |
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Peter P. Lamb |
Patrol |
4 |
Dec. 24, 1875 |
Jumped in river, saved a man. |
|
James Gannon |
Patrol |
Mtd Sqd |
Jan 21, 1876 |
Stopped a runaway team |
|
Chas. Hughes |
Rdsmn |
8 |
Mar 21, 1876 |
Extraordinary courage in arresting burglars |
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John Watson, Edward Sullivan & Selden A. Woodruff |
Patrol |
8 & 5 |
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Wm. Drake & Wm. Conner |
Patrol |
25 |
Apr 1, 1876 |
Stopped runaway team at great risk |
|
Michael O'Ryan |
Patrol |
26 |
May 2, 1876 |
Stopped runaway team at great risk |
|
James Gannon |
Patrol |
Mtd Sqd |
June 20, 1876 |
Stopped runaway team at great risk |
|
James J. Hart |
Patrol |
14 |
June 26m, 1876 |
Arrest burglar, severe & prolonged struggle |
|
Patrick Green |
Patrol |
21 |
July 21, 1876 |
Arrest escaped convict |
|
John Jefferson |
Patrol |
22 |
Sept. 19, 1876 |
Arrest of murderer |
|
John Delaney |
Patrol |
29 |
Sept 19, 1876 |
Arrest of escaped convict |
|
Michael Gorman |
Patrol |
13 |
Nov. 29, 1876 |
Saving man from drowning |
|
John McDowell |
Patrol |
29 |
Jan. 12, 1877 |
Arrest burglar, officer shot, medal |
|
Wm. Murray |
Capt |
4 |
Jan 12, 1877 |
Arrest burglars |
|
Patrick F. Byrnes |
Rdsmn |
8 |
Jan 12, 1877 |
Rescued child from burning building |
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Chris. Wall & John Murphy |
Patrol |
8 |
Jan. 12, 1877 |
Rescue of man, wife and two children from burning |
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Chas. McDonnell |
Capt. |
8 |
Feb. 27, 1877 |
Rescue of woman and two children |
|
Philip C. Bleil |
Patrol |
9 |
Mar 5, 1877 |
Jumping in river, saving man |
|
John H. McCullagh |
Capt |
17 |
Mar 5, 1877 |
Seizure of stolen property |
|
Geo. E. Holme |
Patrol |
19 |
Mar 5, 1877 |
Rescue of man from drowning |
|
Clemens Miller & Joseph Johnson |
Patrol |
8 |
Mar 30, 1877 |
Rescued two children from burning |
|
Philip C. Bleil |
Patrol |
9 |
Apr 13, 1877 |
Jumping in river, saving drunken man |
|
Lester Lewis |
Rdsmn |
25 |
Apr 13, 1877 |
Stopped runaway hose after being hurt by it |
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John Nugent, Thomas Regan & John McSweeney |
Patrol |
7 |
Apr 13, 1877 |
Rescued old people from burning building after great difficulty & danger; special mention of Nugent. |
|
Daniel Fitzpatrick |
Patrol |
4 |
May 29, 1877 |
Rescued man from burning |
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Patrick Walsh |
Patrol |
9 |
Sept 5, 1877 |
Rescued woman from burning |
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Geo. W. Paddock |
Patrol |
25 |
Sept 5, 1877 |
Arrest of bank robber |
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Peter O'Neil |
Patrol |
8 |
Dec. 31, 1877 |
Arrest of thief after struggle, wounded |
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Philip C. Bleil |
Patrol |
S. B. S. |
Dec. 31, 1877 |
Jumped in river, saved woman |
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Harry Green |
Patrol |
32 |
Mar 19, 1878 |
Earnest endeavors to arrest two thieves |
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Francis J. McCarthy |
Rdsmn |
20 |
Apr 5, 1878 |
Rescued lady from drowning |
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Gerard E. Beekman |
Patrol |
S.B.S. |
Sept 6, 1878 |
Rescued man from drowning |
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Patrol McGloin |
Patrol |
16 |
Sept 6, 1878 |
Arrest of ex-convict |
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Michael Gorman |
Patrol |
13 |
Oct 8, 1878 |
Rescued woman from drowning risk of life (suicide) |
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Thomas McCormick |
Patrol |
20 |
Oct 22, 1878 |
Saved life of man assaulted |
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James Quigley |
Patrol |
18 |
Oct 22, 1878 |
Rescued man from drowning, risk of life |
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Max Meiers |
Patrol |
13 |
Jan 20, 1879 |
Rescued woman from burning |
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Stephen O'Brien |
Patrol |
13 |
Jan. 30, 1879 |
Rescued three persons for burning |
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Oliver Vail |
Patrol |
4 |
Jan. 30, 1879 |
Rescued from drowning a woman; risk of life (suicide) |
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Michael Gorman |
Patrol |
13 |
Feb. 4, 1879 |
Rescued woman and three children from burning |
|
Thomas Byrnes |
Capt. |
15 |
Feb. 26, 1879 |
Arresting highway robbers; medal |
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James K. Price |
Rdsmn |
29 |
Feb 28, 1879 |
Arrest of thief; property recovered |
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John Delaney |
Patrol |
21 |
Mar 25, 1879 |
Stopped runaway team, saving number of lives |
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Thos. J. Crystal |
Patrol |
10 |
Apr 25, 1879 |
Arrest of notorious burglar |
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Patrol H. Marron |
Patrol |
31 |
June 22, 1879 |
Arrest of ex-convict after being shot at and knocked down |
| Our Police Protectors, History of the New
York Police, Published for the benefit of the Police Pension Fund, by
Augustine Costello, Published by Author, 1885.
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