Special Agent

Thomas Gentleman

Felonious
End of Watch January 8, 1904
Age 49
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Nebraska Incident Date: Thursday, January 7, 1904 Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Sentenced to 10 years

Special Agent Thomas Gentleman succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day when he was shot by two subjects who were stealing coal from a railroad car near Fourteenth Street in Omaha, Nebraska.

The suspect who shot Special Agent Gentleman was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Special Agent Gentleman had served with the agency for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, brother, and three sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Gentleman gave the Union Pacific Railroad Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Omaha community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Gentleman.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Omaha, Douglas County, NE
Platform Identity uprpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 8, 1904
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Thomas is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1904, 83 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 78th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Thomas was 49. 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. Thomas had served 11 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

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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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; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Union Pacific Railroad Police Department has 21 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

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Where

Special Agent Thomas Gentleman

Union Pacific Railroad Police Department · End of Watch January 8, 1904

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-E

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