Lieutenant William S. Gordon, Norwich Police Department, Connecticut

Lieutenant William S. Gordon

Norwich Police Department, Connecticut

End of Watch Thursday, July 7, 1881

William S. Gordon

Lieutenant Gordon succumbed to injuries received two months earlier in a violent struggle with a prisoner attempting to escape from a jail cell. During the long struggle Lieutenant Gordon was struck several times with a cuspidor. The suspect escaped but was arrested four months later and convicted of Lieutenant Gordon's murder.

Lieutenant Gordon had been with the agency for 15 years.

Bio

Age Not available
Tour 15 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Assault
Incident Date Not available
Weapon Blunt object
Offender Apprehended and convicted

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 15, 2015