Deputy Sheriff Joner Cornett
End of Watch: Sun, Sep 2nd, 1928
Date of Incident: Sun, Sep 2nd, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: Not Known
Age: 50
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Joner Cornett was shot and killed while searching for a man wanted for murdering Policeman Jim Clem of the Poor Fork Police Department in 1925. The subject was also wanted for liquor violations.
As Deputy Cornett searched the man's home he was fatally shot. The suspect escaped from the home but was shot and killed about two months later when he was located a moonshine still.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
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156 Main Street
Whitesburg, Kentucky 41858
(606) 633-2293
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