Robert Donald Wise served in the U.S. Army.
Policeman Robert Wise was shot and killed while trying to break up a fight between a man and woman at 20th Street and Catharine streets. The man was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three to six years in prison. On December 31, 1937, the same subject who murdered Policeman Wise caused a vehicle crash that resulted in the death of Park Guard Martin Clasby of the Fairmount Park Police Department. Policeman Wise was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 18 years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Policeman Wise gave the Philadelphia Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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