pop up description layer
ODO!
Home Page View Tribute Wall Search & Read Fallen Hero Stories Member Section Contact Us Make A Donation Our Policies Valued Links
Dec. 10, 2023 7:46 AM
Visitors: 4,961,425
Home
Year - 2023
Hero Search
View Wall
Song Tribute
9/11 Fallen
COVID-19
Contact Us
Donate
Members
Register
Policy
Mail List
Patches
Links
Notables
Enter Hero's Last Name
American Police Hall of Fame

Urias/2021
Manyan/2022
Flickinger/2008
Painter/2022
Fearon/2016
Fallen Heroes
Fallen Project
Click any option . . .
Detailed Search
States List
Stats
State Map Search
Most Recent
Notables
Add a Fallen Hero
9/11
COVID-19
New Hero Search Jake Owens
- Aug. 27, 1927 -
(12527)

Pass your cursor over pic to see larger version! Click pic for full version!

Fisher County Sheriff's Department Agency Patch
Resided: TX, USA
Born: Unk  
Fallen: Aug. 27, 1927
Race/Sex: Caucasian Male
Agency
Dept: Fisher County Sheriff's Dept.
TX   USA
Dept. Type: County/Police
Hero's Rank: Deputy
Sworn Date: Unk
FBI Class: Homicide - Gun
Weapon Class: Firearm
Bio: Not Available
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: No Info
Location: TX   USA   Sat. Aug. 27, 1927
Summary: Deputy Jake Owens and Sheriff Robert Smith were shot and killed after arresting two men for stealing seed cotton. The officers allowed the men to go home and change before transporting them to jail. During the transport one of the suspects pulled out a concealed weapon and shot Sheriff Smith in the head, killing him. Deputy Owens jumped from the vehicle but was gunned down by the suspects.

The suspect in the killing of Deputy Owens and Sheriff Smith was sentenced to death, but was sent to a state mental hospital. He was declared sane, returned to prison and electrocuted at the Texas State Prison in Huntsville on October 17th, 1930.

Deputy Owens was survived by his wife and two chi

Source: Website      Click
Related: Robert J. Smith
More from Fisher County Sheriff's Dept.
Add A Tribute Last Updated: May. 29, 2019 Add to Favorites




McCormick/1920

Harrison/1923

Buck/1933

Bobosky/1934

Sowers/1929

Moe/1914

Morrissey/1929

Johnson/1929

Gates/1900
Ayers/1880
Gouldman/1883
Walter/1952
Conrad/1892
Keefe/1902
Donnelly/1902
Campbell/1882
Cathey/1907
Williams/1951
Home Page View Tribute Wall Search & Read Fallen Hero Stories Member Section Contact Us Make A Donation Our Policies Valued Links
Visitors Today - 137(360)
this entire site copyright© 1999 ----> 2023    Contact Us West Palm Beach, FL 33462
MemberID: 1878815(N)   Logged In: N   IP: 3.80.4.147