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Succumbed to injuries received in an auto
accident on May 20, 1920 when the side car in which he was riding collided with
a trolley car at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, while he was returning from
Canton.
Died after his motorcycle collided with
an automobile at Potter Hill on September 28, 1922.
Died after being shot in the chest with
a 12 gauge shotgun. Corporal Mattice, along with Trooper Young, went to the
residence of a subject who was on bail for raping his niece, to investigate
the attempted arson of the barn that belonged to her family. Footprints were
followed from the barn to his residence where he was found hiding. When the
members approached, he shot Mattice and at Trooper Young, who then went to the
lower level and shot through the floor apparently unsuccessfully. The subject
who was heavily armed shot himself.
Died on the Wilton Road, Town of Wilton,
Saratoga County, of gunshot wounds while patrolling in an unmarked car with
Troopers Morrisey and Kirsch in plain clothes on the Glens Falls-Saratoga Road
in an attempt to locate highwaymen responsible for a rash of holdups. They were
flagged down by a man with a flashlight whose car was blocking the roadway.
He shouted "stick 'em up" just before a gun battle ensued. Donivan stood up
in the road and fired five shots, but was shot twice himself, one shot penetrating
his heart. Three suspects were apprehended for the murder.
Died after his motorcycle collided with
a mail truck. He suffered a compound fracture but contracted pneumonia at or
while being transferred to another hospital and died from the same.
Died at the Central Hotel, Corinth, NY,
Saratoga County, from a horse injury and complications from pneumonia contracted
after a severe cold while on duty at the New York State Fair during the week
of September 8, 1924.
Died instantly in a motorcycle accident when
his motorcycle collided head-on with a bus on Clinton Street Road, Erie County,
south of Buffalo, while passing a Standard Oil truck rounding a curve.
Died in a motorcycle accident in the Village
of Pulaski with his partner in the side car while they were in route to investigate
a car theft complaint. Trooper Gonterman attempted to avoid an automobile pulling
into an intersection, he swerved and lost control of the motorcycle, was thrown
from it, while the motorcycle continued and struck a tree.
Died when a New York State Police Ford
touring car driven by Trooper John Brockman crossed the Lehigh RR tracks near
Geneva and was demolished by the Black Diamond Express (Lehigh Valley RR) which
was running behind schedule at 70mph. Troopers Rudd and Scanlon, who were returning
from taking prisoners to the Ontario County Jail in Canandaigua, were thrown
100 feet and killed instantly.
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