MATHIAS J DEGAN

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 54-E: 6
Department: Chicago, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: May 4, 1886
Cause: BOMB
Age: 34
Years of Service: 1
Description: Patrolman Degan died of wounds suffered from a bomb-throwing incident during a labor dispute that became known as the Haymarket Riot. Patrolmen George Miller, Timothy O?Sullivan, Michael Sheehan, John J. Barrett, Nels Hansen, Thomas Redden and Timothy Flavin were also killed as a result of this riot.
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