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Deputy Sheriff

Edward Schumacker

Hancock County Sheriff's Office, West Virginia

End of Watch: Monday, September 23, 1929

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 41

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Automobile accident

Incident Date: 9/23/1929

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

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Deputy Sheriff Edward Schumacker and Policeman Patrick Costella, of the Hollidays Cove Police Department, were killed in an automobile accident when their vehicle went off a 50-foot embankment at Chestunt Ridge on the Pittsburgh Road.

The two officers, along with a local justice of the peace and a citizens, were returning from Burggettstown, Pennsylvania, where they had gone to search for a suspected who had robbed a pool room of $900 several days earlier.

Deputy Schumacker was survived by his wife.

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Policeman Patrick J. Costella Hollidays Cove Police Department, West Virginia End of Watch: Monday, September 23, 1929 Cause: Automobile accident

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