Police Officer A. P. Martial
Houston Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Monday, November 8, 1937
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Officer Martial succumbed to injuries received in an accident two days earlier. He and his partner were on patrol when hish partner swerved to avoid a car and struck a curb. The impact caused Officer Martial to strike his head on a gun rack mounted above the windshield. He complained of a headache and went home after taking some aspirin. Shortly therafter he lapsed into a coma and succumbed to a blod clot which had formed as a result of the concussion.