FRANK CORNELIUS
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Officer Rank: Special Officer
Memorial Panel: 63-W: 28
Department: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, P.D.
End of Watch: January 20, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 30
Years of Service: 1
Description: Special Officer Cornelius was approached by two men and held up at gunpoint as he was walking to the Santa Fe rail yard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Officer Cornelius drew his revolver and engaged in a running gun battle with the two suspects. Officer Cornelius was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound and died two days later. The suspects were arrested and charged with murder.
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