EDGAR LEWIS DYE

EDGAR LEWIS DYE Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 26-E: 23
Department: Middletown, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: March 21, 1913
Cause: PHYS
Age: 35
Years of Service: 1
Description: Officer Dye pursued a suspect up into a barn loft. As Officer Dye climbed down the ladder, the ladder broke. He fell and suffered a fractured femur. Despite treatment, his leg became gangrenous and was amputated. He developed an infection as a result of the gangrene and died. Officer Dye was hospitalized from the time of the incident until his death.
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