PAUL SCHOLZ

Officer Rank: Patrol Officer
Memorial Panel: 11-W: 22
Department: Union City, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: August 31, 1929
Cause: BOMB
Age: 43
Years of Service: 10
Description: Patrolman Scholz and Officer Cook responded to a citizen complaint over a boiler malfunction. The boiler exploded and injured four citizens. Officer Scholz and a taxi cab driver were killed. Officer Scholz was admitted to the hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries the next day. Officer Cook was injured in this accident.
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