CHARLES M GANTZ
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 13-E: 25
Department: Waco, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: August 8, 1923
Cause: PHYS
Age: 36
Years of Service: 2
Description: Sergeant Gantz died while executing a raid for illicit liquor. Sergeant Gantz and other officers responded to a tip that illicit liquor was hidden at the bottom of a deep, dry well. As Sergeant Gantz was lowered into the well to recover the evidence, he was overcome by black damp gas and lost consciousness. Black damp gas is a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen with a low concentration of oxygen and acts as an asphyxiant. Sergeant Gantz's body was recovered from the well 45 minutes later.
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