Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Mathew Weiss was killed in an automobile accident while on duty. Officer Weiss was injured in an automobile accident at University and Hampden street on June 8, when he was ejected from his automobile and his skull was fractured. He died June 17, 1933 in St Johns Hospital of the skull fracture and a cerebular laceration. He was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, St Paul, Minnesota.
Survivors
Officer Weiss had been with the agency for 22 years and was survived by his wife and 14-year-old son.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Weiss gave the Saint Paul Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Weiss.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Mathew Weiss is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Saint Paul Police Department, 11 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mathew Weiss's cause is highlighted.
How Mathew Weiss Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Mathew Weiss is highlighted in Jun.
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