Mathew Weiss
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Police Officer

Mathew Weiss

Saint Paul Police Department — Saint Paul, MN
Accident
End of Watch June 17, 1933
Age 54
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Mathew Weiss was killed in an automobile accident while on duty. Officer Weiss was injured in an automobile accident at University and Hampden street on June 8, when he was ejected from his automobile and his skull was fractured. He died June 17, 1933 in St Johns Hospital of the skull fracture and a cerebular laceration. He was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, St Paul, Minnesota.

Survivors

Officer Weiss had been with the agency for 22 years and was survived by his wife and 14-year-old son.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Weiss gave the Saint Paul Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Weiss.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
Platform Identity sainpd.ramsey.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 17, 1933
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 54
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Mathew is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1933, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Mathew was 54. 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. Mathew had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

Saint Paul Police Department has 33 officers remembered here, Mathew among them.

Police Officer Mathew Weiss

Saint Paul Police Department · End of Watch June 17, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

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