Ezekiel Wentworth Hodsdon
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Patrolman

Ezekiel Wentworth Hodsdon

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA
Felonious
End of Watch October 18, 1857
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Ezekiel Hodsdon was shot and killed by an unknown suspect as he attempted to arrest a second man at the intersection of Havre Street and Maverick Street. As Patrolman Hodsdon was placing one suspect under arrest, the other approached him from the rear and fatally shot him. Both suspects then fled. One of the suspects was pardoned by the governor in 1865 due to poor health. Patrolman Hodsdon had served with the Boston Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, parents, and three siblings.

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169 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Hodsdon gave the Boston Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA
Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 18, 1857
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1857, 14 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 166th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ezekiel was 25. 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. Ezekiel had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Boston Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Ezekiel among them.

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Where

Patrolman Ezekiel Wentworth Hodsdon

Boston Police Department · End of Watch October 18, 1857

Where the Name Is Cut

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