New York State Police, New York
End of Watch: Sunday, August 24, 1930
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Date of Incident: August 24, 1930
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Corporal Baker was electrocuted when he attempted to move a utility pole from a roadway in Newkirks. Corporal Baker was the first Trooper on the scene of a car accident that snapped a utility pole, which fell and blocked the Caroga Lake-Johnstown Road. He was in the process of removing the pole from the highway when he accidentally touched a wire carrying 2,300 volts.
Trooper Baker had been with the agency for nine years.