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Private Timothy Kelleher
Pennsylvania State Police
End of watch:
Sunday, September 14,1907
Age:
29
Badge Number: NA
Years on The Job: 1 yr,
8 mo.
Cause of Death:
Stabbed |
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Born: August 24,1876 - Died:
September 14,1907
En route to the Reading Barracks to report for duty on September 14, 1907,
he heard a woman's screams. He saw two men beating a young woman and went to
her rescue. During the struggle one of the men plunged a knife into
Kelleher's side. The assailants carried his body and tossed him over a
railroad embankment into a dump. His body was discovered the following
morning by J. Oscar Seidel, of Reading, a Pennsylvania Railroad employee.
The examining physician stated Kelleher died within minutes from severe
lacerations. The woman, Bertha Bernhart, was located and stated that
Kelleher had saved her life because the two assailants had threatened to
kill her. One, Salvatore Guto, was arrested at Warwick, New York, and the
other, Stefano Pucella, was apprehended at Graycourt, New York. Lieutenant
J. L. Reese, Trooper J. B. Cady of Troop C, and Detective George F. Kemp of
the Reading Police Department were the arresting officers. The trial was
brief, as Bernhart faced her assailants in court and identified them as the
killers. On October 29, 1908, Guto was hanged at the Berks County Prison.
Pucella was sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary.
Kelleher was survived by his father, Mr. Timothy X. Kelleher of County Cork,
Ireland, and two brothers in Pittsburgh. Kelleher's body was released to his
brothers.
He was buried through the courtesy of American Veteran's Foreign Service
Post #3 in Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Kelleher had completed one year and
nine months of Constabulary service. He was 29. |
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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
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