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Sergeant

Henry A. Chillingsworth

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Felonious
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End of Watch February 18, 1936
Age 44
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 51

Incident

Sergeant Henry Chillingsworth was stabbed to death by a patient who had escaped from a mental hospital. Sergeant Chillingsworth, who was off duty on sick leave, had gone to a local restaurant at Waialae Avenue and 12th Avenue to get hot soup. While there he observed the man, whom he knew to be an escapee from the mental hospital. When the subject saw Sergeant Chillingsworth, he ran out of the back of the restaurant and grabbed a knife as he ran through the kitchen. Sergeant Chillingsworth followed the man but was attacked and stabbed several times. Other officers arrested the 26-year-old man a short time later. The suspect was determined to be sane. He was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years to life on November 9, 1936. In an unrelated case he was sentenced to another 20 years for burglary. A few days after he entered prison he was transferred to a hospital where he died of encephalitis on December 1, 1936. Sergeant Chillingsworth had served with the Honolulu Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Chillingsworth gave the Honolulu Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Chillingsworth.

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

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1936
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Henry is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1936, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Henry was 44. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Henry had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Henry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Henry A. Chillingsworth

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch February 18, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-E

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