Troop C - April 28, 1923
Corporal Harold C. Mattice was killed on April 28, 1923, at the age of 33, while attempting to arrest a subject for arson.
After investigating a barn fire in Morris, Corporal Mattice and his partner went to a residence and to search for the suspect. The subject, out on bail for rape, was armed with a shotgun and a rifle when he shot and killed Corporal Mattice in the attic of the house.
Corporal Mattice joined the Division of State Police at Sidney in December of 1917, later resigned, and reenlisted as a blacksmith on November 1, 1922.