NELS HANSEN
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 17-E: 10
Department: Chicago, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: June 14, 1886
Cause: BOMB
Age: 37
Years of Service: 1
Description: Patrolman Hansen was badly injured by a bomb thrown during a labor dispute that became known as the Haymarket Riot. Patrolman Hansen died six weeks later of his injuries. Patrolmen George Miller, Michael Sheehan, John J. Barrett, Timothy O?Sullivan, Thomas Redden, Timothy Flavin and Mathias Degan were also killed as a result of this riot.
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