Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Saturday, October 11, 1930
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Date of Incident: October 11, 1930
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Detective Horace Williams was killed when he was struck by a train in the Oakley railroad yards near Duck Creek Road in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He was hiding underneath a boxcar in an attempt to locate thieves. Another train backed into the boxcar he was hiding underneath causing him to suffer a fatal head injury.
Detective Williams was a veteran of the Ohio National Guard and Alabama National Guard. He was survived by his wife and three children.