Deputy Sheriff John W. Gaines
End of Watch: Tue, Mar 17th, 1914
Date of Incident: Tue, Mar 17th, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: 20 years
Age: 66
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
Incident
Marshal Gaines was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man wanted for creating a disturbance. The suspect was arrested and placed in the County Jail. An Angry mob took the suspect from the county jail and lynched him in the courthouse yard about 2 hours after the shooting.
Marshal Gaines had also served as a deputy sheriff and constable for the Howard County Sheriff's Department.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
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