Earl Scothorn

Type of Officer: Special OfficerJurisdiction: Santa Fe RailroadCounty: JohnsonDeath Date: 811/13/1927Added to Memorial: 2007Circumstances of Death: GunshotSeveral weeks prior to his death on November 13, 1927, Santa Fe Railway Special Officer Earl Scothorn was on duty...

J. E. Cox

Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: Dodge CityCounty: FordDeath Date: 11/8/1927Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: GunshotChief Cox was shot six times by a man he believed to be a chicken thief. This man, later identified by the FBI as...

Govan C Mills

Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Hamilton CountyCounty: HamiltonDeath Date: 9/13/1927Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn September 10, 1927, Sheriff Mills, with his wife along, observed a car parked in a suspicious manner along the roadside....

John Sherman

Type of Officer: Railroad Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 8/31/1927Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: GunshotUnion Pacific Special Agent John Sherman was shot in the back August 17, 1927 by a youth after he had taken two youths...

Frank Hill

Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Sedgwick CountyCounty: Sedgwick CountyDeath Date: 8/16/1927Added to Memorial: 2003Circumstances of death: GunshotOn August 16, 1927, Deputy Frank Hill was killed during an attempted escape from the Sedgwick County jail....

Joseph G. Marshall

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 8/9/1927Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Marshall was in the sidecar of a motorcycle being driven by Officer Frank Busy when they recognized an automobile that...