Andrew J. Craw

Erie Railroad Police Department — Cleveland, OH

Felonious

End of Watch December 11, 1912

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 12

Incident

Captain Andrew Craw and Police Officer Thomas Mallory 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 Railroad 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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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Craw served with the Erie Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Craw.

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

Agency

Department Erie Railroad Police Department

Location Cleveland, OH

Platform Identity erpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1912

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; Revolver

Offender Convicted of murder

Captain Andrew J. Craw is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Erie Railroad Police Department, 8 of 13 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.5% of this agency's fallen.

Erie Railroad Police Department

of 13 officers

61.5% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious