Charles A. Hawley
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Charles A. Hawley

Denver Police Department — Denver, CO
Felonious
End of Watch January 16, 1891
Age 42
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Gender Male

Incident

Captain Charles Hawley was shot and killed after becoming engaged in a struggle with two men. Captain Hawley and another officer were talking outside of a business when two men walked by. Captain Hawley made a comment to the men and one of the men reached for a gun. The other officer began struggling with the man and was shot and wounded. Captain Hawley was also shot and succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to life. He was paroled on September 5, 1900. On August 29, 1901, he was one of three people killed in a train accident near Lobato, New Mexico. Captain Hawley was preceded in death by three children; he is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

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135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Captain Hawley served with the Denver Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Denver community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Denver, Denver County, CO
Platform Identity dpd.denver.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 16, 1891
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1891, 62 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 121st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Charles was 42. 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.

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When

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

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Denver Police Department has 74 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

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Captain Charles A. Hawley

Denver Police Department · End of Watch January 16, 1891

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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