Type of Officer: ForemanJurisdiction: US Penitentiary, LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 6/20/1920Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotForeman R. G. Warnke was fatally beaten by inmate Carl Panzram in the prison laundry room. The inmate struck...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 7/13/1919Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingFive men who were “joyriding” collided their car with another vehicle and then continued riding through the streets of...
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: US PenitentiaryCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 3/19/1917Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotCorrections Officer Barr was stabbed to death in the prison yard by inmate Ono Manuel. The stabbing was in...
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: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: LansingCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 10/5/1905Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingOn October 4, 1905, Officer Owens had taken prisoner W. B. Cunningham to do survey work outside the penitentiary. In...
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 11/16/1901Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: GunshotThree hundred and thirty-eight prisoners were working at the new site for the federal prison just north of...
