Type of Officer: Rock Island Railway PoliceJurisdiction: HeringtonCounty: DickinsonDeath Date: 1/11/1922Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotRock Island Railway policeman Waers was brought to Herington to assist in an ongoing investigation concerning...
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: Night MarshalJurisdiction: Gas CityCounty: AllenDeath Date: 12/15/1921Added to Memorial: 1995Circumstances of Death: GunshotMarshall West was shot and killed in Gas City as he approached a local homeowner in an attempt to serve an order given by the...
Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/23/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSuspected murderer and gangster Eddie Adams, whose gang had already killed officers A. L. Young and Robert Fitzpatrick,was...
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...
