Deputy Sheriff Fred Cole
End of Watch: Mon, Dec 22nd, 1930
Date of Incident: Sun, Dec 21st, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: Not Known
Age: 31
Survivors
His wife, five children, mother, two brothers and five sisters
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Cole succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day. While attempting to arrest a drunk and disorderly subject on Carver Road in Magoffin County, a second man approached, shot Deputy Cole and fled the scene.
Deputy Cole was taken to a hospital in Paintsville, where he died the following day.
In March of 1933, the suspect, who was a convicted felon, was apprehended in Jasper County, Indiana, after he was caught stealing several sets of harnesses from local farmers. He was returned to Magoffin County and was sentenced to two years for Deputy Cole's murder.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Agency
Church Street
P.O. Box 589
Salyersville, Kentucky 41465
(606) 349-2914
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