Samuel B. McLemore

Samuel B. McLemore

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Fort ScottCounty: BourbonDeath Date: 1/23/1892Added to Memorial: 2014Circumstances of Death: GunshotPolice Officer Samuel B. McLemore was shot and killed the morning of January 23, 1892, as he attempted to arrest two...
Samuel W. Dunn

Samuel W. Dunn

Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Seward CountyCounty: SewardDeath Date: 1/5/1892Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDuring a complicated political situation in Seward County involving a political faction, loyal to the late Samuel Wood, and the...
Edward Hageman

Edward Hageman

Type of Officer: ConstableJurisdiction: LoganCounty: PhillipsDeath Date: 5/27/1891Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotHageman, the city constable of Logan in Phillips County, was serving a warrant for foreclosure or payment for property held by Cyrus...
Samuel W. Dunn

John W. Gilley

Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 5/13/1889Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: StabbingOfficer Gilley was attending a preliminary hearing for two suspects he had arrested earlier for burglary. While...
Samuel W. Dunn

John M. Cross

Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Stevens CountyCounty: StevensDeath Date: 7/25/1888Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: GunshotSheriff John Cross and a posse of four men entered the Cherokee neutral strip early on the morning of July 23rd to aid...
Samuel W. Dunn

Edward R. Kyser

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: ParsonsCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 12/4/1886Added to Memorial: 1994Circumstances of Death: GunshotIsaac Irwin McCann stole a hat at the Centropolis Hotel in Parsons the night of December 2, 1886. The owner of the hat and of...