Harold Turner Woolery

Agency: Missouri Pacific Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Just before dawn on June 1st, 1937, Officer Woolery ordered seven transients sleeping in a boxcar to leave and a fight ensued. During the altercation Officer Woolery was held down by two of the men while another stabbed him. Officer Woolery died from his injuries.

Officer Woolery was survived by his wife, Edith and is buried at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.

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References:

• www.odmp.org/officer/14494-police-officer-harold-turner-woolery

• www.missourimemorial.com/roll/mo_pacific/1937_HaroldWoolery/