Frank L. Slaymaker
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Police Officer

Frank L. Slaymaker

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Felonious
End of Watch June 6, 1906
Age 24
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Badge 844
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Frank Slaymaker succumbed to gunshot wounds received 10 days earlier while he arresting a man and woman for robbing a person in a Chinese restaurant. As Officer Slaymaker and the couple waited for a wagon the male suspect suddenly produced a revolver and shot him at the corner of 9th Street and Wood Street. The suspect fled but was quickly apprehended. The suspect, age 18, was convicted of Officer Slaymaker's murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison on October 9th, 1906.

Survivors

Officer Slaymaker served with the Philadelphia Police Department for seven months and was survived by his wife, father, and mother.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 6, 1906
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Age 24
Badge Number 844
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frank 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 1906, 89 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 69th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frank was 24. 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. Frank had served 0.6 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

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Frank L. Slaymaker

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch June 6, 1906

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 54-E

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