Keeper

Edwin A. Craft

Felonious
End of Watch March 18, 1869
Gender Male

Incident

Keeper Edwin Craft was escorting five inmates to work in the mess hall at Sing Sing State Prison when he was overpowered and strangled. All five escaped but were quickly recaptured. One died in prison on January 21, 1870.

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157 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Keeper Craft served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Albany, Albany County, NY
Platform Identity nysdcscorr.albany.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 18, 1869
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edwin 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 1869, 33 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 152nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 person, in 2% of these deaths.

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His people

New York State Department of Correctional Services has 36 officers remembered here, Edwin among them.

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Where

Keeper Edwin A. Craft

New York State Department of Correctional Services · End of Watch March 18, 1869

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-E

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