Roundsman Lawrence J. Phelan

Lawrence J. Phelan

Roundsman Phelan died of injuries he received six years earlier when he was struck on the head with an paving stone.

Roundsman Phelan was struck in the head with a paving stone while assisting in a U.S. Government raid on a illegal whiskey still at the corner of Hudson Avenue and Plymouth Street.

Roundsman Phelan had served with the Brooklyn Police Department for 19 years, and was assigned to the 2nd Precinct (present day 84th Precinct).

Roundsman Phelan was survived by his wife.