Bio & Incident Details
Age: 55
Tour: 6 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Struck by train
Incident Date: 9/5/1896
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Doorman Bailey was killed when a train struck the patrol wagon he was a passenger in. Doorman Bailey and his partner were transporting a female prisoner to the Coney Island Police Station when their horse drawn patrol wagon was stuck by a Brighton Beach Railroad train. Both officers were thrown from the wagon into the Coney Island Creek. When backup officers arrived they pulled both officers from the water, but Doorman Bailey died before he reached the hospital.
Doorman Bailey had been with the agency for six years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.
"Doorman" was a rank for a uniformed member of the Brooklyn Police Department in the late 1800's.
