Special Officer Charles Hale, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Special Officer Charles Hale

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch Wednesday, October 7, 1874

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Charles Hale

Special Officer Charles Hale was shot and killed in Hutchinson, Kansas, while attempting to arrest a man who was stealing coal from a railcar.

The man opened fire on Officer Hale with a pistol, fatally wounding him.

The subject was arrested but later released on a writ of habeas corpus.

Officer Hale was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War. He was survived by his wife and one child.

Bio

Age 35
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Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Location Kansas
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Released

larceny, trespasser

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Officer Hale,
On today, the 150th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the Union Army during the Civil War.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

October 7, 2024