 | Officer Arthur F. Barrows
Officer Barrows, a bicycle officer, died on June 4, 1911, at
1000 Indiana Avenue. A live wire had blown down after a storm. When Officer
Barrows arrived on the scene, children were near the wire. Having at one time been
an electrician, Officer Barrows tried to tie the wire around the pole from which it had
fallen. The wire slipped and struck the officer's right hand, and Officer Barrows
fell to the sidewalk. Attempts to revive Barrows were made by a number of
spectators, among whom was Lon McClure , a former saloon keeper and recognized enemy of
the bicycle officer. Barrows was taken from the scene by ambulance, but died just as
the ambulance reached the hospital entrance.
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