Deputy Sheriff Foster Messer
End of Watch: Fri, Nov 23rd, 1923
Date of Incident: Fri, Nov 23rd, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: Not Known
Age: 30
Incident
Deputy Foster Messer and Jailer Charles West were shot and killed as they and another deputy attempted to serve a warrant on a man who had escaped from jail the previous week. As they approached the man's home, they were fired upon from ambush. Jailer West and Deputy Messer were both killed and the second deputy was wounded before the man was taken into custody.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
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401 Court Square
Suite 105
Barbourville, Kentucky 40906
(606) 546-3181
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Left by Jerry Mott on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
God bless our law enforcement men and woman
My mother was a baby when her father was killed.
We know very little about him.
RIP Grandpa