Lewis M. Chew

Lewis M. Chew

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: AtchisonCounty: AtchisonDeath Date: 10/27/1879Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn October 26, 1879, a drunken man who was attempting to buy more liquor at a local saloon was refused service. The man...
R. H. Clift

R. H. Clift

Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: ChetopaCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 8/25/1878Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotInformed that a John Richmond was in possession of a stolen mule and was heading for Missouri, Marshal Clift, who was also a...
R. H. Clift

Charles G. Bratton

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: BurlingameCounty: OsageDeath Date: 12/27/1874Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: StabbingBurlingame city police officer Bratton was attempting to assist the city marshal in restraining Dan Wortz from abusing his...
Charles Hale

Charles Hale

Type of Officer: Special OfficerJurisdiction: Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe RailroadCounty: RenoDeath Date: 8/7/1874Added to Memorial: 2021Circumstances of Death: GunshotDuring the late evening of October 7, 1874, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Special Officer...
R. H. Clift

Henry Bodine

Type of Officer: UndersheriffJurisdiction: Labette CountyCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 4/20/1870Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Accidental GunshotSeveral versions exist of the shooting of Undersheriff Bodine by a man named Patterson. One indicates that...
R. H. Clift

Ira M. Buchanan

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Junction CityCounty: GearyDeath Date: 11/13/1869Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotCity Marshal Daniel McCleery, because of continued disturbances by a group of Texans, ordered the “rum” and billiard room...