Roll of Honor
Incident
Village Marshal Spooner Crapo was struck and killed by a train while chasing kids from the railroad tracks.
He stepped from behind a boxcar into the path of an oncoming train. Because of his back to the train, combined with his impaired hearing, he did not hear it approaching and was struck.
Marshal Spooner was a Civil War veteran and served in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry, Company H.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Village Marshal Crapo served with the Rochester Marshal's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Rochester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Village Marshal Crapo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Village Marshal Spooner Clark Crapo is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Spooner Clark Crapo's cause is highlighted.
How Spooner Clark Crapo Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Spooner Clark Crapo is highlighted in Nov.