Death Classification: Performance of Duty Death
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Served: 9 years, 7 months, 11 days
Unit of Assignment / Detail: Traffic Division
District of Incident (Present Day): 001 - Central
Cause of Death: Fall - Thrown from Horse
Age at Time of Death: 37
Timeline
Date of Birth: 06 Apr 1891
Date of Appointment: 23 May 1919
Date of Incident: 21 Dec 1928
End of Watch: 03 Jan 1929
Date of Interment: 07 Jan 1929
Interment Details
Cemetery: Acacia Park Cemetery - Norridge, Illinois
Grave Location: Unknown
Interment Disposition: Burial
Memorial Details
Superintendent’s Honored Star Case:
Gold Star Families Memorial Wall: Panel # 3
Illinois Police Officers Memorial Wall:
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall:
Officer Down Memorial Page: Listed
Service
Military Service: No Military Record Found
Incident & Biographic Details
Patrolman Henry John Lange, Star #3199, aged 37 years, was a 9 year, 7 month, 11 day veteran of the Chicago Police Department, assigned to the Traffic Division.
On December 21, 1928, Officer Lange was patrolling on horseback at 333 South Franklin Street. Officer Lange, who was mounted, was directing traffic and observed an automobile violating a parking ordinance. He leaned over to question the driver, which caused him to lose his balance and fall off his mount. Officer Lange fell to the street and hit his head on the cobblestone pavement. He was transported to St. Luke Hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull and died two weeks later on January 3, 1929.
Officer Lange was waked at his residence located at 3353 West Evergreen Avenue, his funeral mass was also held at his residence. He was laid to rest on January 7, 1929 in Acacia Park Cemetery, 7800 West Irving Park Road, Norridge, Illinois.
Patrolman Henry John Lange, born April 6, 1891, received his Probationary Appointment to the Chicago Police Department on May 23, 1919.
Officer Lange was survived by his wife, Mae (nee Ryan), age 43; children; Betty Jane, age 10 months and George Henry, age 18; mother, Augusta Albertine (nee Zahlmann) and siblings: Anna Jennerick, August, Ernest, Frank, Freda Lembke, Herman and Minnie Meyer. He was preceded in death by his father, Johann Jochen David Carl Lange.
Chicago Police Department homicide file not found for this incident.