JOHN W EDWARDS
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 43-W: 22
Department: New Castle, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: December 1, 1919
Cause: CRUSH
Age: 73
Years of Service: 11
Description: A union strike turned violent, generating injuries to strikers and officers alike. Officer Edwards suffered a blow to the head from a thrown brick on September 22, 1919, causing severe headaches for several weeks, then paralysis and finally resulting in his death about 2.5 months later.
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