Officer John Kincaid was injured in a fall in the street while chasing several youths who had been throwing stones at a Kansas City Railways company bus. He died at home from his injuries 2 weeks later, on May 16, 1926.

Officer Kincaid was previously seriously injured during a heroic act in 1909 when a horse had been spooked by automobiles and he grabbed the bridle of the runaway carriage horse as it ran by him causing him to be thrown to the pavement and sustaining a fractured skull.

Officer Kincaid, 62, was with the police department for 31 years, being appointed as an officer on May 4, 1895, and was survived by his wife, Mary Ellen Kincaid, daughter, Grace, and brothers, Charles and William. Parents: Rolin & Mary Kincaid. Interred: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Article by Brent Marchant