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Albert Schmitt

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Albert Schmitt

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 May 1921 (aged 29)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cheviot, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Cheviot Police Department's Assistant Marshal Albert Schmitt was fatally injured while pursuing two motorcycles with sidecars on Boudinot Avenue into Cincinnati.
As they approached Werk Road one of the riders intentionally collided with Marshal Schmitt's motorcycle, causing it to hit the curb. Marshal Schmitt was thrown into a tree and suffered a fractured skull.
The rider who collided with him also crashed. He removed the license plate from his motorcycle and was then picked up by the other motorcycle and fled the scene, leaving behind an injured passenger in the side car. A citizen witnessed the incident and wrote down the license plate numbers of both motorcycles before the riders fled.
The subject who caused the collision was charged with manslaughter.
Marshal Schmitt died from head injuries the next day at Cincinnati General Hospital.
Assistant Marshal Schmitt, age 29, was survived by his wife, four children, and parents. End of Watch: Saturday, May 28, 1921.

From Officer Down Memorial Page
Cheviot Police Department's Assistant Marshal Albert Schmitt was fatally injured while pursuing two motorcycles with sidecars on Boudinot Avenue into Cincinnati.
As they approached Werk Road one of the riders intentionally collided with Marshal Schmitt's motorcycle, causing it to hit the curb. Marshal Schmitt was thrown into a tree and suffered a fractured skull.
The rider who collided with him also crashed. He removed the license plate from his motorcycle and was then picked up by the other motorcycle and fled the scene, leaving behind an injured passenger in the side car. A citizen witnessed the incident and wrote down the license plate numbers of both motorcycles before the riders fled.
The subject who caused the collision was charged with manslaughter.
Marshal Schmitt died from head injuries the next day at Cincinnati General Hospital.
Assistant Marshal Schmitt, age 29, was survived by his wife, four children, and parents. End of Watch: Saturday, May 28, 1921.

From Officer Down Memorial Page


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  • Created by: jkb
  • Added: May 24, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37452862/albert-schmitt: accessed ), memorial page for Albert Schmitt (6 Jun 1891–28 May 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37452862, citing Bridgetown Cemetery, Cheviot, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by jkb (contributor 47129910).