Deputy Sheriff

Arthur Taylor

Accident
End of Watch May 24, 1914
Age 35
Tour of Duty
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor and Detective Isaac Parsons, of the Houston Police Department, were accidentally shot by other officers while searching for a suspect on Baron Street near Meadow Street who was terrorizing a neighborhood with a rifle.

Deputy Taylor had been deputized that day and was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Deputy Taylor had been deputized that day and was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Taylor served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Taylor.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 24, 1914
Tour of Duty
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arthur is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1914, 34 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 114th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Arthur was 35. 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. Arthur had served 0 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 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

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

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Arthur among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch May 24, 1914

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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