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Chief of Police Samuel Stair | Nuangola Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania
Nuangola Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania

Chief of Police

Samuel Stair

Nuangola Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch: Friday, October 11, 1912

Biographical Info

Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 11, 1912
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: At large

Chief of Police Samuel Stair was shot and killed while walking a suspect to jail. He had just arrested the 19-year-old suspect for robbery and was attacked by the man in front of the Wilkes-Barry and Hazleton Railway station. The suspect escaped and was never apprehended.

In March of 1915 skeletal remains of a man found in a woods four miles from Dupont were thought to be those of the suspect, but it could never be proven.

Chief Stair had served with the Nuangola Borough Police Department for ten years. He was survived by his wife and ten children.