Lyndhurst Police Department, New Jersey
End of Watch: Sunday, October 13, 1918
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: 3
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: September 15, 1918
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Sentenced to state reformatory
Patrolman Sparta succumbed to pneumonia caused by injuries sustained a month earlier when he was kicked in the groin and thrown down a set of stairs by a 40-year-old woman while at the scene of a domestic disturbance. The suspect was convicted of atrocious assault and sentenced to the state reformatory in Clinton on June 19, 1919.
Patrolman Sparta had served with the agency for 5 years. He was survived by his wife and nine children.