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Detective Harry Hinkson Boon, aged 33, tragically lost his life on June 30, 1909, while serving with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department. On that fateful day, Detective Boon was attempting to arrest four men who were trespassing on railroad property in Perryville, Maryland. During the arrest attempt, he was shot by two of the suspects. Despite the efforts of other railroad employees who placed him on a train bound for a hospital in Baltimore, Detective Boon succumbed to his injuries just ...Read More
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Harry Hinkson Boon
Male
Perryville
MD
1908-06-30
33
Harry
Hinkson Boon
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