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Charles Henry Stockberger
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Policeman

Charles Henry Stockberger

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Felonious
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End of Watch July 14, 1933
Age 50
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Badge 2452
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Gender Male
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Incident

Policeman Charles Stockberger was shot and killed during a wild gun battle with three robbers who took a $6,720 payroll from the Allied Kid Company’s Quaker City Division near 5th and Huntingdon streets. Policeman Stockberger was shot as he tried to stop the robbers, who made their escape along with their driver. The four suspects were identified as members of the infamous Tri-state gang responsible for several murders and robberies in the northeast. On November 1, 1933, two of the suspects were found lying beside a road near Camden, New Jersey. Both had been shot. One was dead and the other survived to identify Anthony Cugino as one of the four and the one who shot them to avoid betrayal. On July 22, 1934, Cugino stabbed to death the third suspect in Chicago, Illinois. A month later the FBI declared Cugino public enemy number 1. On September 9, 1935, Cugino was captured in New York City and confessed that he killed Policeman Stockberger. That night he hanged himself in the city jail. The suspect who survived the shooting was convicted of Policeman Stockberger's murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life and he was paroled in December of 1955. A year later he was arrested in Philadelphia after he robbed a used car dealer. Anthony Cugino was the primary suspect in the murder of Policeman James Garvey of the New York City Police Department on April 21, 1934. Officials also suspected him as being the one who concealed two pistols inside a baked turkey that was sent to two prisoners in the Richmond, Virginia, city jail. The two, who had been sentenced to death for murder, shot and killed Patrolman William A. Toot, of the Richmond Police Department, on September 30, 1934, during an attempt to escape. Both were members of Cugino's gang Policeman Stockberger had served with the agency for 22 years.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Policeman Stockberger gave the Philadelphia Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Stockberger.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch July 14, 1933
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 50
Badge Number 2452
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1933, 184 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 15th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 50. 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. Charles had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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
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His people

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

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Where

Policeman Charles Henry Stockberger

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch July 14, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-W

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