JOSEPH T HACKNEY
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 51-W: 29
Department: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: November 6, 1884
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 6
Description: Police Officer Hackney was shot after he arrested a suspect for disorderly conduct and was escorting him to jail. Friends of the suspects interfered and shot Officer Hackney in the leg. Officer Hackney was transported home and a doctor was summoned. Officer Hackney died of his injuries 10 days later. His assailant was convicted of second degree murder.
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