Park Guard Martin Clasby
Fairmount Park Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, December 31, 1937
Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Unit of assignment: Park Police
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Friday, December 31, 1937
Weapon Used: 1929 automobile
Suspect Info: David A. Williams
Guard Clasby was struck and killed by a car while directing traffic at Belmont Avenue and N. George's Hill Drive in West Fairmount Park. Two vehicles collided at the intersection and one of them swerved into him. He was crushed in between the two vehicles. He was transported to Presbyterian Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ninety minutes later as his wife Kathryn stood sobbing by his bedside. He was also survived by three young daughters Kathryn, 20, Mary, 18, Elizabeth, 15, and a son Bill, 11.
Clasby has served 13 years as a park guard and before that a city policeman.
The Inquirer gave the widow a $1,000 check to cover expenses. For seven years, the family lived rent-free in a little house in Bartram Gardens, part of Fairmount Park, near 54th and Elmwood ave.
On February 15, 1939, the motorist, David A. Williams, was convicted and sentenced to 1 to 3 years in Eastern State Penitentiary. Williams previously had been convicted for shooting to death Police Officer Robert Wise and serving six years.
The Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia; Monday, January 3, 1938, Page 29:
CLASBY – Suddenly, Dec. 31, 1937, MARTIN H., husband of Kathryn C. Clasby and son of the late William and Elizabeth Clasby. Relatives and friends, also Park Guards' League of the Sacred Heart, are invited to attend funeral, Wed., 9 A. M., from his sister's home, 840 N. 28th st. Solemn Mass of Requiem, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, commencing at 11 A. M. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 10, 1938
2. Philadelphia Bulletin, February 15, 1939
Fairmount Park Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, December 31, 1937
Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Unit of assignment: Park Police
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Friday, December 31, 1937
Weapon Used: 1929 automobile
Suspect Info: David A. Williams
Guard Clasby was struck and killed by a car while directing traffic at Belmont Avenue and N. George's Hill Drive in West Fairmount Park. Two vehicles collided at the intersection and one of them swerved into him. He was crushed in between the two vehicles. He was transported to Presbyterian Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ninety minutes later as his wife Kathryn stood sobbing by his bedside. He was also survived by three young daughters Kathryn, 20, Mary, 18, Elizabeth, 15, and a son Bill, 11.
Clasby has served 13 years as a park guard and before that a city policeman.
The Inquirer gave the widow a $1,000 check to cover expenses. For seven years, the family lived rent-free in a little house in Bartram Gardens, part of Fairmount Park, near 54th and Elmwood ave.
On February 15, 1939, the motorist, David A. Williams, was convicted and sentenced to 1 to 3 years in Eastern State Penitentiary. Williams previously had been convicted for shooting to death Police Officer Robert Wise and serving six years.
The Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia; Monday, January 3, 1938, Page 29:
CLASBY – Suddenly, Dec. 31, 1937, MARTIN H., husband of Kathryn C. Clasby and son of the late William and Elizabeth Clasby. Relatives and friends, also Park Guards' League of the Sacred Heart, are invited to attend funeral, Wed., 9 A. M., from his sister's home, 840 N. 28th st. Solemn Mass of Requiem, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, commencing at 11 A. M. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 10, 1938
2. Philadelphia Bulletin, February 15, 1939
Park Guard Martin Clasby
Fairmount Park Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, December 31, 1937
Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Unit of assignment: Park Police
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Friday, December 31, 1937
Weapon Used: 1929 automobile
Suspect Info: David A. Williams
Guard Clasby was struck and killed by a car while directing traffic at Belmont Avenue and N. George's Hill Drive in West Fairmount Park. Two vehicles collided at the intersection and one of them swerved into him. He was crushed in between the two vehicles. He was transported to Presbyterian Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ninety minutes later as his wife Kathryn stood sobbing by his bedside. He was also survived by three young daughters Kathryn, 20, Mary, 18, Elizabeth, 15, and a son Bill, 11.
Clasby has served 13 years as a park guard and before that a city policeman.
The Inquirer gave the widow a $1,000 check to cover expenses. For seven years, the family lived rent-free in a little house in Bartram Gardens, part of Fairmount Park, near 54th and Elmwood ave.
On February 15, 1939, the motorist, David A. Williams, was convicted and sentenced to 1 to 3 years in Eastern State Penitentiary. Williams previously had been convicted for shooting to death Police Officer Robert Wise and serving six years.
The Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia; Monday, January 3, 1938, Page 29:
CLASBY – Suddenly, Dec. 31, 1937, MARTIN H., husband of Kathryn C. Clasby and son of the late William and Elizabeth Clasby. Relatives and friends, also Park Guards' League of the Sacred Heart, are invited to attend funeral, Wed., 9 A. M., from his sister's home, 840 N. 28th st. Solemn Mass of Requiem, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, commencing at 11 A. M. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 10, 1938
2. Philadelphia Bulletin, February 15, 1939
Fairmount Park Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, December 31, 1937
Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Unit of assignment: Park Police
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Friday, December 31, 1937
Weapon Used: 1929 automobile
Suspect Info: David A. Williams
Guard Clasby was struck and killed by a car while directing traffic at Belmont Avenue and N. George's Hill Drive in West Fairmount Park. Two vehicles collided at the intersection and one of them swerved into him. He was crushed in between the two vehicles. He was transported to Presbyterian Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ninety minutes later as his wife Kathryn stood sobbing by his bedside. He was also survived by three young daughters Kathryn, 20, Mary, 18, Elizabeth, 15, and a son Bill, 11.
Clasby has served 13 years as a park guard and before that a city policeman.
The Inquirer gave the widow a $1,000 check to cover expenses. For seven years, the family lived rent-free in a little house in Bartram Gardens, part of Fairmount Park, near 54th and Elmwood ave.
On February 15, 1939, the motorist, David A. Williams, was convicted and sentenced to 1 to 3 years in Eastern State Penitentiary. Williams previously had been convicted for shooting to death Police Officer Robert Wise and serving six years.
The Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia; Monday, January 3, 1938, Page 29:
CLASBY – Suddenly, Dec. 31, 1937, MARTIN H., husband of Kathryn C. Clasby and son of the late William and Elizabeth Clasby. Relatives and friends, also Park Guards' League of the Sacred Heart, are invited to attend funeral, Wed., 9 A. M., from his sister's home, 840 N. 28th st. Solemn Mass of Requiem, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, commencing at 11 A. M. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 10, 1938
2. Philadelphia Bulletin, February 15, 1939
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