WILLIAM CHARLES FARQUHAR
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Officer Rank: Private
Memorial Panel: 6-E: 25
Department: Metropolitan, Washington D.C., P.D.
End of Watch: October 22, 1913
Cause: PHYS
Age: 46
Years of Service: 15
Description: Private Farquhar was on patrol when he was bitten by a dog which later tested positive for rabies. The dog was shot and killed by Patrolman J.S. Mathews. Private Farquhar began treatment for the disease but died of rabies-induced paralysis two weeks later.
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