Jacob W. Boelens

Jacob W. Boelens

Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Wyandotte CountyCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 8/29/1954Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSheriff Boelens and Undersheriff Dale McBride were returning to Oswego after answering a routine call to Edna when...
Ottis L. Durkee

Ottis L. Durkee

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: ChetopaCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 5/31/1933Added to Memorial: 2004Circumstances of Death: GunshotIn the early morning of May 31, 1933, Officer Ottis (Otto) LaDuke Durkee, a forty-two year old Chetopa night police officer,...
Ottis L. Durkee

Melvin C. Hamilton

Type of Officer: UndersheriffJurisdiction: Labette CountyCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 10/15/1930Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotWhile transporting two prisoners who had been convicted of robbing the Edna bank, from Oswego to the state penitentiary,...
Ottis L. Durkee

John Van Horn

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: ParsonsCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 7/27/1899Added to Memorial: 1994Circumstances of Death: GunshotPoliceman Van Horn heard two shots fired near the Gulf depot in Parsons on the night of July 27th and went to investigate. Van...
Ottis L. Durkee

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...
Ottis L. Durkee

William Hogsett

Type of Officer: Special PoliceJurisdiction: OswegoCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 10/3/1874Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: StabbingWilliam Hugest attempted to quiet a disturbance at the county fairgrounds between John Bagby and another man who were in an...