Type of Officer: Motorcycle PatrolmanJurisdiction: RosedaleCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 7/16/1916Added to Memorial: 2014Circumstances of Death: GunshotMotorcycle Patrolman James M. Karr, Jr. was shot and killed the morning of July 10, 1916. He was pursuing a car used...
Type of Officer: Special AgentJurisdiction: Union Pacific RailroadCounty: LoganDeath Date: 7/3/1916Added to Memorial: 2007Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn June 21, 1916 Union Pacific Railroad Special Agent George Shindle was stabbed by a railroad worker in the Union...
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...
