Officer

Claborne Long

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Felonious
End of Watch January 10, 1861
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Claborne Long and Officer Danial Hallam were stabbed on January 9, 1861, in a home on Main Street while searching for a missing girl. Around 10 pm, the officers had dressed in civilian clothes to visit a madam's home in search of the girl. They were inside the house on the east side of Main Street, between 6th Street and 7th Street, when a father and son pair insisted on entering. The madam refused the admittance because the father held a pistol. The two officers directed her to open the door and attempted to arrest the pair, at which time both officers were stabbed in the side. Officer Long succumbed to his wound the next morning, while Officer Hallam died later in the evening. The father was dismissed outright as having no evidence against him. The son was charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Later a new trial was ordered, and he was released but was arrested for counterfeiting. Officer Long had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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165 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Long gave the Cincinnati Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 1861
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Claborne 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 1861, 16 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 163rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Claborne was 28. 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. Claborne had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Claborne among them.

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Where

Officer Claborne Long

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch January 10, 1861

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-W

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