Bio & Incident Details
Age: 36
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 11/3/1854
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Gourley succumbed to stab wounds he received two days earlier while walking a prisoner to the station house. During the walk one of the man's friends attempted to stop him. The man, also a political candidate for the ward, told the officer that no friend of his was to be arrested. Patrolman Gourley was then stabbed in the cheek. He attempted to take this suspect into custody too but was stabbed in the side. The suspect was taken into custody by another officer who came upon the scene.
