Officer Richard T. Conklin was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: June 5, 1938
Rank: Officer
Age: 36
Years of Service: 13
Married: Yes
Children: None
Location of Death: Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street, NW
Circumstance:
Officer Conklin, a motorman assigned to the Sixth Precinct, skidded on a street car track, throwing him 35 feet from his motorcycle. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital by Officer Manners, also of the Sixth Precinct where he died soon after reaching the hospital.
This was only two blocks from where Officer Wessells was killed on April 23rd.
Officer Conklin was a native of Baltimore, formerly, a private in the United States Marine Corps, was survived by his wife Mildred L. Conklin of their home at 4510 South Dakota Avenue NE, Washington, DC. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
The 1910 Census reveals:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Harry Conklin M 45y Maryland
wife Elizabeth Conklin F 41y Maryland
son Harry C Conklin M 23y Maryland
son Charles W Conklin M 20y Maryland
dau Mary M Conklin F 19y Maryland
dau Alvira B Conklin F 17y Maryland
dau Grace E Conklin F 14y Maryland
dau Annie M Conklin F 12y Maryland
son Richard Conklin M 9y Maryland
son Edward Conklin M 4y Maryland
dau Helen Conklin F y 6m Maryland
Date of Death: June 5, 1938
Rank: Officer
Age: 36
Years of Service: 13
Married: Yes
Children: None
Location of Death: Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street, NW
Circumstance:
Officer Conklin, a motorman assigned to the Sixth Precinct, skidded on a street car track, throwing him 35 feet from his motorcycle. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital by Officer Manners, also of the Sixth Precinct where he died soon after reaching the hospital.
This was only two blocks from where Officer Wessells was killed on April 23rd.
Officer Conklin was a native of Baltimore, formerly, a private in the United States Marine Corps, was survived by his wife Mildred L. Conklin of their home at 4510 South Dakota Avenue NE, Washington, DC. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
The 1910 Census reveals:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Harry Conklin M 45y Maryland
wife Elizabeth Conklin F 41y Maryland
son Harry C Conklin M 23y Maryland
son Charles W Conklin M 20y Maryland
dau Mary M Conklin F 19y Maryland
dau Alvira B Conklin F 17y Maryland
dau Grace E Conklin F 14y Maryland
dau Annie M Conklin F 12y Maryland
son Richard Conklin M 9y Maryland
son Edward Conklin M 4y Maryland
dau Helen Conklin F y 6m Maryland
Officer Richard T. Conklin was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: June 5, 1938
Rank: Officer
Age: 36
Years of Service: 13
Married: Yes
Children: None
Location of Death: Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street, NW
Circumstance:
Officer Conklin, a motorman assigned to the Sixth Precinct, skidded on a street car track, throwing him 35 feet from his motorcycle. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital by Officer Manners, also of the Sixth Precinct where he died soon after reaching the hospital.
This was only two blocks from where Officer Wessells was killed on April 23rd.
Officer Conklin was a native of Baltimore, formerly, a private in the United States Marine Corps, was survived by his wife Mildred L. Conklin of their home at 4510 South Dakota Avenue NE, Washington, DC. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
The 1910 Census reveals:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Harry Conklin M 45y Maryland
wife Elizabeth Conklin F 41y Maryland
son Harry C Conklin M 23y Maryland
son Charles W Conklin M 20y Maryland
dau Mary M Conklin F 19y Maryland
dau Alvira B Conklin F 17y Maryland
dau Grace E Conklin F 14y Maryland
dau Annie M Conklin F 12y Maryland
son Richard Conklin M 9y Maryland
son Edward Conklin M 4y Maryland
dau Helen Conklin F y 6m Maryland
Date of Death: June 5, 1938
Rank: Officer
Age: 36
Years of Service: 13
Married: Yes
Children: None
Location of Death: Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street, NW
Circumstance:
Officer Conklin, a motorman assigned to the Sixth Precinct, skidded on a street car track, throwing him 35 feet from his motorcycle. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital by Officer Manners, also of the Sixth Precinct where he died soon after reaching the hospital.
This was only two blocks from where Officer Wessells was killed on April 23rd.
Officer Conklin was a native of Baltimore, formerly, a private in the United States Marine Corps, was survived by his wife Mildred L. Conklin of their home at 4510 South Dakota Avenue NE, Washington, DC. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
The 1910 Census reveals:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Harry Conklin M 45y Maryland
wife Elizabeth Conklin F 41y Maryland
son Harry C Conklin M 23y Maryland
son Charles W Conklin M 20y Maryland
dau Mary M Conklin F 19y Maryland
dau Alvira B Conklin F 17y Maryland
dau Grace E Conklin F 14y Maryland
dau Annie M Conklin F 12y Maryland
son Richard Conklin M 9y Maryland
son Edward Conklin M 4y Maryland
dau Helen Conklin F y 6m Maryland
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