Police Officer

Hugh J. Ennis

Accident
End of Watch March 28, 1921
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Hugh Ennis was struck and killed by a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train near Blanche Street (modern day LeMoyne Street) in Chicago, Illinois.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Ennis served with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Ennis.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cnrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 28, 1921
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Hugh 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 1921, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hugh was 36. 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.

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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police Department has 18 officers remembered here, Hugh among them.

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Where

Police Officer Hugh J. Ennis

Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police Department · End of Watch March 28, 1921

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-W

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