EDWARD NORTON JR

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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 14-W: 30
Department: Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: December 10, 1904
Cause: PHYS
Age: 48
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Chief of Police Norton died of a heart attack after he and Officer Robinson arrested two suspects for disorderly conduct. The two juvenile suspects resisted Chief Norton and Officer Robinson with force, but were finally subdued and placed in jail. Shortly after, Chief Norton was found dead. The coroner's inquest concluded that the death was due to heart failure induced by over-exertion in the discharge of his duties.
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