FRANCIS MELVILLE PIKE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 39-E: 27
Department: Fairfield County, Connecticut, S.O.
End of Watch: May 13, 1894
Cause: PHYS
Age: 38
Years of Service: 4
Description: Deputy Sheriff Pike suffered a fatal heart attack as he attempted to place a suspect under arrest. As Deputy Pike and Charles Flannagan attempted to handcuff a suspect accused of stabbing another man, the suspect vigorously resisted arrest. Deputy Pike managed to handcuff the suspect's wrist when he collapsed and died at the scene.
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