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Special Agent Joseph J. Kucera, Jr. | Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Special Agent

Joseph J. Kucera, Jr.

Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch: Monday, April 29, 1929

Biographical Info

Age: 28
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: March 10, 1929
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available

Special Agent Joseph Kucera succumbed to injuries suffered seven weeks earlier when he was thrown from a Michigan Central Railroad freight car near East 14th Street in Chicago, Illinois.

He was attempting to eject three men from a railroad car when they attacked him and threw him from the train.

Agent Kucera was survived by his wife.