Patrolman John Thompson

John Thompson

Patrolman John Thompson succumbed to injuries sustained on December 18th, 1877, when he was thrown from his horse while attempting to stop a runaway horse pulling a grocery wagon on Bedford Avenue near Van Buren Street (modern-day Clifton Place).

He was impaled by a piece of the grocery cart when he was thrown from his horse.

Patrolman Thompson was assigned to the Mounted Squad. He was survived by his wife and five children.