Roll of Honor
Incident
City Marshal Peter Solomon was accidentally struck and killed by a streetcar while attempting to signal it to stop.
He and the deputy marshal had been called to the station by a conductor who was complaining of a disorderly passenger. After boarding the the southbound streetcar they observed the man acting disorderly and arrested him. They got off the streetcar and Marshal Solomon stepped onto the northbound track in order to flag down the northbound streetcar with his hat so he could take the passenger back to the jail in Lancaster.
He was unable to move out of the way in time and was struck by the streetcar and thrown against the adjacent station. Marshal Solomon suffered a fractured skull and died as a result of the injury.
Marshal Solomon had been appointed as city marshal only four months earlier, and had previously served as night watchman for several years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and nine children, and predeceased by one child.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
City Marshal Solomon gave the Lancaster Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lancaster community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, City Marshal Solomon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
City Marshal Peter Monroe Solomon 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Lancaster Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Peter Monroe Solomon's cause is highlighted.
How Peter Monroe Solomon Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Peter Monroe Solomon is highlighted in Nov.
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