Melvin C. Howe

Melvin C. Howe

Type of Officer: Police Officer Jurisdiction: Lawrence County: Douglas Death Date: 4/24/1931 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Officer Howe had stopped a driver who was swerving his car on the road. Howe did not know that the driver, Oney Knight,...
Melvin C. Howe

Arch D. Brandon

Type of Officer: Railroad Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 4/19/1931Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: GunshotA Rock Island special agent was shot and killed by George Varela April 19, 1931, after he had removed him from a train...
Melvin C. Howe

Melvin C. Hamilton

Type of Officer: UndersheriffJurisdiction: Labette CountyCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 10/15/1930Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotWhile transporting two prisoners who had been convicted of robbing the Edna bank, from Oswego to the state penitentiary,...
James O. Pugh

James O. Pugh

Type of Officer: Police LieutenantJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 8/16/1930Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentLieutenant Pugh was on motorcycle patrol and was killed in a traffic accident. Panel:...
Paul E. Gillmore

Paul E. Gillmore

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 7/18/1930Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentPatrolman Gilmore was killed in a traffic accident while on motorcycle patrol. Panel:...
Melvin C. Howe

G. Milton Rickman

Type of Officer: UndersheriffJurisdiction: Coffey CountyCounty: CoffeyDeath Date: 5/6/1930Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotAn armed and suspicious-acting man was observed boarding a train without a ticket. Undersheriff Rickman ordered him off the...