1924-04-22 Stewart Troy C
Patrolman Troy C. Stewart

Entered Division of Police
October 11, 1923
Died In the Line of Duty
April 22, 1924

Patrolman Troy C. Stewart was appointed October 11, 1923, and died April 22, 1924.  While working in plain clothes assigned to the vice squad, he was shot in the legs and abdomen by one Charles Thomas at Lincoln and 4th Streets when he attempted to arrest Thomas after he and another man engaged in a gun battle.  Thomas fired two shots which struck Patrolman Stewart and he died en route to White Cross Hospital.