Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
Railroad Police
End of Watch: Monday, November 19, 1917
Cause: Struck by train
Biographical Info
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 4 days
Badge Number: Not available Special Agent Ray Daugherty died after being struck by a light switch engine and knocked from a bridge.
During World War I, following numerous threats and some bombings, the Chief Special Agent of the railroad police assigned a large number of agents to bridge guard duty. They were to run across bridges behind passenger trains to make sure no one threw a bomb off while crossing the bridge. Special Agent Daugherty was working the Loup River bridge at Columbus, Nebraska, when he was following a train across the bridge and was struck by the switch engine and knocked from the bridge.
Special Agent Daugherty had served with the agency for only four days. He was survived by his wife and several children. | 
