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Detective

William Weathers

Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department — Bethlehem, PA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 28, 1910

Age 30

The Vigil Panel 24 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Location: Pennsylvania Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Apprehended

Detective William Weathers was shot and killed when he attempted to stop a man suspected of having tampered with railroad signals in Towanda Borough, Pennsylvania.

For several weeks signals had been tampered with on railroads north of Wilkes-Barre causing several train wrecks. Detective Weathers the agency's police chief were in the area when they noticed a man running down the tracks. When Detective Weathers ordered the man to halt, the suspect turned and shot him.

Six weeks later the police chief was in Pittston, Pennsylvania, when he noticed a little white dog walking down a local street. He remembered that the same dog was with the man who killed Detective Weathers. The dog led police to the suspect who was apprehended and charged with Detective Weathers' murder.

Detective Weathers was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and two sisters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Detective Weathers served with the Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Bethlehem community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Bethlehem, PA

Platform Identity lvrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1910

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Military Service

William Weathers served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Detective William Weathers is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department

of 6 officers

33.3% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious