Tom Carson

Tom Carson

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: SalinaCounty: SalineDeath Date: 11/29/1920Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Carson, on night patrol, was shot and killed by a man he had ordered off the Union Pacific night train. A suspect was...
William H. Ballard

William H. Ballard

Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 7/20/1920Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death:While conducting a narcotics investigation with two officers, Ballard was shot three times and killed as he attempted to search one...
Charles “C.A.” McKinney

Charles “C.A.” McKinney

Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: IndependenceCounty: DoniphanDeath Date: 3/21/1920Added to Memorial: 2021Circumstances of Death: GunshotDuring the late, dark evening hours of March 21, 1920, Assistant Chief of Police Charles “C.A.” McKinney, age 43, was...
Tom Carson

George R. Stewart

Type of Officer: Railroad Special AgentJurisdiction: Union Pacific RailroadCounty: JeffersonDeath Date: July 27, 1918Added to Memorial: 2024Circumstances of Death: Automobile Crash George R. Stewart, age 57, a railroad special agent employed in his first year with the...
William J. Talbott

William J. Talbott

Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: La CrosseCounty: RushDeath Date: February 1, 1904Added to Memorial: 2024Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Wound William J. Talbott, age 55, a La Crosse City Marshal and Civil War veteran was shot and killed on February 1, 1904,...
Lewis M. Chew

Lewis M. Chew

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: AtchisonCounty: AtchisonDeath Date: 10/27/1879Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn October 26, 1879, a drunken man who was attempting to buy more liquor at a local saloon was refused service. The man...