Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch Thursday, September 26, 1918
Reflections for Special Officer John J. Ellis
No passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice. Rest in peace always.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)
September 26, 2020
100 years ago when you died, The Pennsy was the greatest railroad in the world. Much has changed in the past century, and today there is no Pennsylvania Railroad. But your memory and honor lives on.
Stan Jefferson
Citizen of Arizona
September 26, 2018
Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you and your family for your sacrifice and service to this country.
Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA
September 26, 2018
Officer Ellis,
On today, the 100th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the USN.
Fair Winds And Following Seas
Anonymous
United States Border Patrol
September 26, 2018
Officer Ellis,
Sir, it has taken 95 years but you are finally being honored. I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a LEO but for our Country as well when you served in the USN.
Fair Winds And Following Seas
Anonymous
United States Border Patrol
December 10, 2015
"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.”
Euripides
Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service
November 30, 2015
Officer Ellis, thank you for your service to our nation as a member of the United States Navy, and thank you also for helping to protect one of the reasons our nation is as great as it is, our railroads. You are truly a hero.
How tragic that a piece of dirt who only had to leave turned a minor event into a murder charge. Though the final fate of the beast who killed you, I am confident that he faced true justice, if not in this world, then in the next.
God Bless, Brother and may your rest forever be peaceful.
Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.
November 25, 2015
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