Maxwell Badgley

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ

Felonious

End of Watch October 23, 1854

Age 50

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Gender Male

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Incident

Police Officer Badgely was stabbed to death by a prisoner who was attempting to escape custody on Warren and Wilsey Streets (current-day Sylvia Jackson Way). Officer Badgely and two other officers were escorting four prisoners to the jail following a hearing before a judge where they were reprimanded to serve time. The prisoners were handcuffed in pairs, the left wrist of one prisoner to the right wrist of another prisoner. As Officer Badgely turned a corner near the jail with the first pair of prisoners and out of sight of the other two officers, Officer Badgely yelled for help. As the other two officers rushed to his aid, they found that he had been stabbed in the chest. Although both prisoners attempted to flee the scene, one of them fell, preventing the pair from making their escape. Officer Badgely identified the prisoner who stabbed him just before he died. A six-inch spring dirk knife was recovered at the scene of the stabbing. The suspect had been sentenced to four days for intoxication when he was unable to pay the fine. But for killing Officer Badgely, he was convicted of manslaughter.

Survivors

Officer Badgely was survived by his wife.

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172 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Badgley served with the Newark Police Division.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Newark Police Division

Type Police Department

Location Newark, Essex County, NJ

Platform Identity npd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 23, 1854

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Maxwell is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1854, 9 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 173rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Maxwell was 50. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

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