Western Pacific Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch Sunday, September 8, 1935
Add to My HeroesRoderick D. Gordon
Patrolman Roderick Gordon was killed after being slashed and stabbed 29 times by a hobo he had found sleeping in a railroad car in Stockton, California.
The suspect was later arrested in Ohio and returned to California to face trial. He was convicted of Patrolman Gordon's murder and sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed at Folsom Prison on October 16, 1936.
Patrolman Gordon was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWI and a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was survived by his wife and young son. He is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery.
Bio
- Age 38
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Location California
- Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
- Offender Executed in 1936
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