Gilbert H. Horton
1881-1946
Born in Iowa, his family moved to Needy, Oregon in 1886 and later settled in the Oregon City area.
Gil attended high school in Oregon City and soon moved to Portland where he was married in 1908. The couple lived on a strawberry farm near West Linn. Later he worked as a laborer and a clerk with the Portland City Water Works Department.
Appointed in 1910 at the age of 29, he worked foot patrol out of Headquarters for many years. By the 1930s he was in the traffic division, driving a patrol car.
The Incident
On December 23, 1946 he was working in Union Station. That evening, he was called about a drunk on one of the train cars and found a 42 year old woman who was very inebriated, loud and disorderly. Horton placed her under arrest and with the assistance of a special officer, removed her from the train. As they walked through Union Station he collapsed, dying within minutes of a heart attack.
Horton was 65 and survived by his grown daughter.
Gil attended high school in Oregon City and soon moved to Portland where he was married in 1908. The couple lived on a strawberry farm near West Linn. Later he worked as a laborer and a clerk with the Portland City Water Works Department.
Appointed in 1910 at the age of 29, he worked foot patrol out of Headquarters for many years. By the 1930s he was in the traffic division, driving a patrol car.
The Incident
On December 23, 1946 he was working in Union Station. That evening, he was called about a drunk on one of the train cars and found a 42 year old woman who was very inebriated, loud and disorderly. Horton placed her under arrest and with the assistance of a special officer, removed her from the train. As they walked through Union Station he collapsed, dying within minutes of a heart attack.
Horton was 65 and survived by his grown daughter.