Type of Officer: Police SergeantJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 9/1/1922Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSergeant Biggs and Officer Fred Wheeler observed several persons unloading tires from a parked truck. When the officers...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Ford CountyCounty: FordDeath Date: January 3, 1922Added to Memorial: 2023Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Wound James Lucero, age 49, served as a deputy sheriff with the Ford County Sheriff’s Office from October 19, 1921,...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/20/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Fitzpatrick and his partner, Rudy LaCroix, were informed that the notorious Eddie Adams gang was in the Wichita...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: EllisCounty: EllisDeath Date: 11/15/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotMarshal Miller was fatally shot while trying to stop a public disturbance created by a group of “toughs” led by a notorious...
Type of Officer: Under SheriffJurisdiction: Jefferson CountyCounty: JeffersonDeath Date: 4/29/1920Added to Memorial: 2019Circumstances of Death: Heart FailureOn April 29, 1920, Undersheriff George Burnau along with Jefferson County Sheriff Rindom were near the...
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...
