Railroad Detective Oscar R. Spatch, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, Railroad Police

Railroad Detective Oscar R. Spatch

Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, Railroad Police

End of Watch Tuesday, March 21, 1911

Oscar R. Spatch

Railroad Detective Oscar Spatch was shot and killed in Boyle County, Kentucky, while protecting a train during a worker's strike.

The train was being operated by strike-breakers and had stopped for water approximately one mile north of Junction City. As the engineer filled the train's boiler Detective Spatch was shot by a man from ambush and killed instantly.

The engineer and train's fireman immediately loaded Detective Spatch's body into the engine, decoupled it from the freight cars, and immediately took him to Danville.

Bio

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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Location Kentucky
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Not available

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Det. Spatch,
On today, the 102nd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice as a Law Enforcement Officer.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

March 21, 2014