Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: U.S. Penitentiary, LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 3/26/1916Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances: StabbingCorrections Officer Andrew F. Turner was fatally stabbed by inmate Robert Stroud during the noon meal...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: MarionCounty: MarionDeath Date: 3/10/1916Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotMarshal Healea noticed two suspicious acting men who had awakened a gas station owner to obtain gasoline for their car. Upon...
Type of Officer: Night MarshalJurisdiction: El DoradoCounty: ButlerDeath Date: 7/13/1915Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: BeatingNight Marshal Schram climbed the stairs leading over Wiley’s Smoky House the morning of June 28, 1915, to investigate a noise....
Type of Officer: Railroad PoliceJurisdiction: AugustaCounty: ButlerDeath Date: 5/28/1915Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: GunshotThree Frisco detectives, including Cunningham, entered a boxcar at Beaumont Junction to eject several transients from the...
Type of Officer: Police CaptainJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 5/23/1915Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotCaptain Griswold and Detective Al Harrell responded to a burglary reported at a shoe store. As Griswold entered the store he...
Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 2/23/1915Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotHumpries, the first Wichita officer to lose his life in the line of duty, was attempting to question a suspect that he had...
