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Francis Oliver "Frank" Haddock (November 14, 1892 – February 3, 1934) was an American police officer who, along with fellow patrolman Forbes McLeod (January 1, 1898 – February 2, 1934), was killed in the line of duty while responding to a bank robbery. They were the first two officers in Massachusetts state history to be murdered by an assailant using a sub-machine gun, and the crime attracted attention across the northeastern United States. Their sacrifices are commemorated by the city of Needham, Massachusetts through its Haddock-McLeod Plaza. ==Life== Haddock was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of William Oliver Haddock (May 12, 1861 – February 7, 1903) and Elizabeth Helen McAdams (March, 1864-April 22, 1901). His two oldest siblings died in infancy, and he and his older brother Joseph Ernest "Joe" Haddock (February 15, 1891 – January 17, 1954) and younger sister Mary Florence "Mae" Haddock (May 30, 1894 – April 16, 1965) were orphaned upon Ellen’s death in 1901. William had fled from Newton for unknown reasons to Chicago around 1899. The children were sent to different homes; Mae to her first cousin (twice removed) on her mother’s side Francis Alonso McAdams and his wife Ellen (Slattery), Frank to the home of Mary J. (O’Brien) Kingsbury, and Joe to a local farmer. Apparently, conditions on the farm were harsh, for Frank used to visit Joe, find him hungry, and would sneak back at night with food for him. Kingsbury, the elderly widow of Amasa Kingsbury (whose family were prominent early residents and citizens of Needham) who resided on a farm on Greendale Avenue then on the outskirts of town, alerted authorities and Joe went to live with the McAdams’. Haddock enlisted in the Army in June, 1917 and spent the remainder of World War I driving an ambulance at Camp Upton, NY, discharged sergeant first class. He had met and then married on Apr. 24, 1919, Helen Frances "Nell" Callanan (October 18, 1893 – October 27, 1979), in Newton. They settled in Needham, and in 1920 he became one of the first full-time officers hired by Needham. There, they raised four daughters, Mary Florence Haddock (March 21, 1920 – June 2, 1987), Helen Veronica Haddock (March 31, 1923 – March 17, 2009), Dorothy Frances Haddock (August 13, 1924 – June 12, 1993), and Phyllis Teresa Haddock (September 1, 1926 – March 9, 2007). Haddock was a popular member of the force and especially concerned with children, even as he was stern with juvenile delinquents, and family, given the background of own formative years. He would invite them to dine with the family during the Depression years, and until his death coordinated the junior crossing guard program for schools. He enjoyed the close family relations on his wife’s side and especially holidays; at Christmas, he would decorate lavishly the house and yard at 4 River Park Drive (that site now part of an interchange on Massachusetts Route 128, with the house having been moved nearby). He also liked gardening and typically had a thriving set of flower beds in addition to vegetables during the warmer months. He especially prized bulbs and plants brought back from flower shows across the country by one of Needham’s prominent knitwear manufacturers and philanthropists, William Carter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Oliver Haddock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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