GEORGE W SNYDER

Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 59-E: 28
Department: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: May 17, 1903
Cause: PHYS
Age: 43
Years of Service: 6
Description: Chief of Police Snyder collapsed after he and fellow officers attempted to arrest a man for disorderly conduct. The man resisted arrest and fought the officers. Chief Snyder was transported to his residence where died of a heart attack a few hours later.
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