Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: Baxter SpringsCounty: CherokeeDeath Date: 5/24/1939Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotChief of Police Moyer was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend one Charles Kinzie, an escapee from an insane...
Type of Officer: Deputy ConstableJurisdiction: ColumbusCounty: CherokeeDeath Date: 12/31/1929Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn December 29, 1929, Crawford, deputy constable of Spring Valley Township, was fatally shot at an abandoned coal mine...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: Baxter SpringsCounty: CherokeeDeath Date: 6/29/1872Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotMayor J. R. Boyd of Baxter Springs was involved in a dispute with the lumberyard owner over the mayor’s debt. A fight...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: Baxter SpringsCounty: CherokeeDeath Date: 11/7/1870Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotA “fallen woman” by the name of Nellie Starr, who is listed in the Cherokee County census as operating a brothel, became...
