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during the next four years, served as precinct captain of the
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called a meeting of police captains in order to make arraignments for the funeral services. Inspector Thomas S. Steers, Captains Josiah A. Westervelt, Thomas Reilly, William H. Clinchy and Henry D. Hooker all contributed to the eulogy, Westervelt, Reilly and
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due to the extreme heat. Services at St. Anthony's Church were also canceled so that McDonnell's body could be loaded onto a train and taken to
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