George Shuman

Death by Force

On August 26, 1907, Patrolman George W. Shuman, aged 47, of the South Bethlehem Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania, was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man named William Handy in the vicinity of Second Street and Adams Street, near the Reading Railway. Patrolman Shuman, a United States Navy veteran, had served with the South Bethlehem Police Department for 13 years. He was survived by his wife, adopted daughter, brother, and sister.

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In Memoriam - City of Bethlehem

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