Bio & Incident Details
Age: 55
Tour: 18 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Struck by train
Incident Date: 9/11/1914
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Hand was killed when he was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at Hancock Street and Barnett Street. Passersby noticed Patrolman Hand's hat, bearing his badge number, fall from the locomotive's cow-catcher at 7th and Magnolia Streets. Patrolman Hand's body was found the following morning in a railroad ditch near where he was struck.
Patrolman Hand had been with the agency for 18 years.
