Old Colony Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Thursday, September 11, 1890
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Date of Incident: September 11, 1890
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Special Police Officer Theodore Grote was struck and killed by a train in the rail yards underneath the Berkeley Street Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts.
As he attempted to move out of the way of a train he stepped onto some adjacent tracks into the path of an engine that was backing up.
Officer Grote was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War. He was survived by his wife.