Danbury Police Department, Connecticut
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 8, 1896
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: December 1, 1895
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman Sullivan succumbed to injuries received ten months earlier after he was severely beaten while attempting to break up a disturbance. Several men threw him to the ground and beat him with his own night stick and a wine jug and slammed his head against a stone. Patrolman Sullivan returned to work one month later but became sick and had to return him. His health deteriorated until he died.
Patrolman Sullivan had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife and two children.