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Private Francis A. Zehringer
Pennsylvania State Police
End of Watch:
Sunday, September 2,1906
Age:
34
Badge Number: NA
Years on The Job: 9 mo.
Cause of Death:
Shot and killed |
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He was the second Constabulary member killed
in the line of duty, as he and other Troop D members attempted to arrest
heavily armed Black Hand Society fugitives on September 2, 1906. When the
first group of Troopers responded to a call for help from Sergeant Joseph
Logan, Private John F. Henry was mortally wounded and Privates Homer
Chambers and William Mullen were seriously wounded attempting to rescue
Henry. Private Zehringer was among the second detachment summoned to the
scene at 6:30 p..m. A home at Florence, Jefferson County, was barricaded by
fugitives wanted for murder. Covered by heavy gunfire from other Troopers,
Privates Zehringer, Robert Cummings and August Grosser rushed to the house,
battered in the side door, and entered the dwelling.
They were fired upon by fugitives from a stairway. Private Zehringer was
mortally wounded. Privates Cummings and Grosser escaped. Realizing that
lives were being sacrificed uselessly, the Troopers, under cover of darkness
and a rainstorm, planted dynamite at the base of the house. At dawn, the
dynamite was detonated. The house was destroyed, and its occupants killed.
Privates Chambers and Mullen recovered from their wounds. At 34, Private
Zehringer had completed nine months of Constabulary service. He was survived
by his father, a resident of Conshohocken.
Private Zehringer's body was taken from Punxsutawney to Conshohocken by
train. He was buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Norristown.
Born:
February 18,1872
Died:
September 2,1906 |
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Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him to keep watch
over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out to the
Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police Special
Inc.
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