Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/27/1923Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn November 24th, 1923, Office Scudder was responding to a disturbance call at a dance hall. Proceeding up the stairs, hemet...
Type of Officer: Special OfficerJurisdiction: Santa Fe RailroadCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 8/21/1923Added to Memorial: 2009Circumstances of Death: GunshotSanta Fe Railroad Special Officer Vernon L. Holzer was shot the night of July 25, 1923 as he was riding and...
Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/23/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSuspected murderer and gangster Eddie Adams, whose gang had already killed officers A. L. Young and Robert Fitzpatrick,was...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/20/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Fitzpatrick and his partner, Rudy LaCroix, were informed that the notorious Eddie Adams gang was in the Wichita...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/5/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotWhile walking a beat, Young was fired upon and killed from ambush by Eddie Adams. Adams was also responsible for the killings...
Type of Officer: Railroad Special AgentJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 7/4/1920Added to Memorial: 2002Circumstances of Death: GunshotAt 3:00 a.m. on July 4, 1920, Rock Island Railroad Special Agent Will C. Reed and his partner B. B. Collins received...
