Hugh J. McCartney
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Police Officer

Hugh J. McCartney

Felonious
End of Watch May 31, 1903
Age 32
Tour of Duty 2 mo
The Vigil Panel 18 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer McCartney was attacked by a mob of men and women for unknown reasons while on patrol at 14th Street and Clark Avenue. The mob attacked him with pistols, bricks, and razors. While struggling to protect himself, he was able to shoot and kill one of the suspects. Officer McCartney was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds 15 days later. Officer McCartney had been with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for only two months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer McCartney served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer McCartney.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 31, 1903
Tour of Duty 2 mo
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Hugh 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 1903, 103 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 50th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hugh was 32. 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. Hugh had served 0.2 years; 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

May holds 8% 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 person, in 2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Hugh among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Hugh J. McCartney

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch May 31, 1903

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-W

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