Herbert Haynes

Murdered

On the night of August 9, 1900, Herbert "Hub" Haynes, a 52-year-old policeman serving the town of Clayton, Delaware, was fatally wounded while assisting railroad police in apprehending a group of tramps aboard a freight train. Responding to reports of unauthorized individuals on a southbound freight train, Haynes and other officers surrounded a boxcar containing two African American men. When ordered to exit, the men resisted. During the ensuing struggle, one of the suspects seized Haynes's revo ...Read More

Policeman Herbert "Hub" Haynes

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