Special Agent

Edward Lee Bowler

Accident
End of Watch January 16, 1925
Age 51
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Edward Bowler was struck and killed by a freight train in Ottawa, Kansas.

He had just completed an inspection of a freight train and stepped backwards into the path of a train on an adjoining track.

Special Agent Bowler had served with the ATSF Railroad Police for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and one child.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Bowler gave the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Topeka community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Bowler.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Topeka, Shawnee County, KS
Platform Identity atsfrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 16, 1925
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edward is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 51. 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. Edward had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

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

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His people

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department has 32 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

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Where

Special Agent Edward Lee Bowler

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department · End of Watch January 16, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-W

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