Detective Lieutenant Elijah Newton Boileau

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorney Generals Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Detective Lieutenant Elijah Newton Boileau of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police and the additional 61 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.


End of Watch Wednesday, February 24, 1915


Detective Lieutenant E. Newton Boileau was shot and killed in the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad yards in Camp Washington, Ohio, when he discovered several hobos in a railroad box car near Arlington Street.

It is believed that the subjects shot him as they hid in the train car, causing a fatal wound. His service pistol was found un-fired inside of his overcoat. A train crew found Detective Boileau's body approximately 15 minutes after a railroad worker heard the gunshot.

Several subjects believed to have been in the boxcar were arrested, but it is not known if anyone was ever charged with Lieutenant Boileau's murder.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

February 24, 2021