Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department
Railroad Police
End of Watch: Monday, February 2, 1920
Cause: Gunfire
Biographical Info
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: Not available Detective Charles Thurston was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio, while attempting to arrest boxcar thieves in the Pennsylvania Railroad railyards near Jefferson Avenue.
Several railroad workers heard a number of gunshots at approximately 8:00 pm. Detective Thurston's body was found two hours later behind the Columbus Barracks sustaining eight gunshot wounds to the back.
Detective Thurston had served with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police for a total of five years. He was survived by his wife and three children. | 
