Cemetery: No Military Record Found Grave Location: Grave N Line 2-0 HD., Lot N 306, Block --, Section 52 Interment Disposition: Burial
Memorial Details
Superintendent’s Honored Star Case: Not Enshrined
Gold Star Families Memorial Wall: Panel # 18
Illinois Police Officers Memorial Wall: Panel # 5, Line 14
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall: Not Listed
Officer Down Memorial Page: Listed
Service
Military Service: No Military Record Found
Incident & Biographic Details
Patrolman Thomas Joseph Kane, Star #1212, aged 44 years, was a 15 year, 9 month, 14 day veteran of the Chicago Police Department, assigned to District 1 – Central.
On December 21, 1922, Officer Kane was struck by a taxicab as he directed traffic on Wells Street. The impact threw the officer into the air and upon landing he struck his head on a trolley track. His cause of death was listed as a skull fracture.
Officer Kane was waked at his residence located at 6721 South Carpenter Street. He was laid to rest on December 23, 1922 in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, 2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois. His grave is located in Grave N Line 2-0 HD., Lot N 306, Block –, Section 52.
Patrolman Thomas Joseph Kane, born April 8, 1878, received his Probationary Appointment to the Chicago Police Department on March 7, 1907.
Officer Kane was survived by his wife, Catherine and seven children.
Chicago Police Historical Homicide Database case not found for this incident.
Cemetery: No Military Record Found
Grave Location: Grave N Line 2-0 HD., Lot N 306, Block --, Section 52
Interment Disposition: Burial
Superintendent’s Honored Star Case: Not Enshrined
Gold Star Families Memorial Wall: Panel # 18
Illinois Police Officers Memorial Wall: Panel # 5, Line 14
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall: Not Listed
Officer Down Memorial Page: Listed
Military Service: No Military Record Found