Police Officer Thomas Mallory

Police Officer Thomas Mallory | Erie Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
Erie Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
Police Officer Thomas Mallory

Erie Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch Wednesday, December 11, 1912

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Thomas Mallory

Police Officer Thomas Mallory and Captain Andrew J. Craw were shot and killed by striking coal handlers at the New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad yards and coal docks in Edgewater, New Jersey.

As the strikers charged the officers, gunfire erupted. Captain Craw was shot repeatedly with a revolver and Officer Mallory was struck by a load of buckshot. Both officers died a few hours later. Nine other Erie officers were wounded in the riot.

Ten men were arrested and charged with their murders. Five of the men were convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to jail terms varying from eight to thirty years. The other five suspects were acquitted.

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Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Location New Jersey
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Convicted of murder

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Officer Mallory, you did your job and I thank you for it. A labor dispute is no reason to take the life of a person who has no say on the outcome and your murder was unforgivable. It's now been 112 years and though justice may never be served, you're death is marked with respect whereas the eventual passing of your murderers is simply a footnote in history.

God Bless you Brother and may your eternal rest be ever Peaceful.

Officer Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Department

December 11, 2024

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