Bartholomew M. Skelly
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Trooper

Bartholomew M. Skelly

Connecticut State Police — Middletown, CT
Accident
End of Watch November 14, 1925
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Bartholomew Skelly was killed in a motorcycle crash in Clinton while returning from duty at the Yale Bowl, in New Haven, during a football game. Another motor officer driving in front of Trooper Skelly suddenly stopped, causing Trooper Skelly to take evasive action. He was thrown from his motorcycle and sustained severe head injuries. He was taken to the home of a doctor who lived nearby but died several hours later. Trooper Skelly was survived by his wife and three young children. He was killed on the seventh birthday of one of his sons.

Survivors

Trooper Skelly was survived by his wife and three young children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Skelly served with the Connecticut State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Connecticut. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Skelly.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Middletown, CT
Platform Identity csp.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 14, 1925
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Bartholomew is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Bartholomew was 34. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Connecticut State Police has 26 officers remembered here, Bartholomew among them.

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Where

Trooper Bartholomew M. Skelly

Connecticut State Police · End of Watch November 14, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

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