JOHN WILLIAM BENJAMIN ADAIR
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff Jailer
Memorial Panel: 24-E: 24
Department: Hunt County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: September 1, 1886
Cause: NIFE
Age: 37
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Adair was escorting six escapees back to the Hunt County Jail. One of the inmates fled again. Deputy Adair gave his pistol to a passing citizen and told him to go after the inmate. While Deputy Adair was guarding the remaining prisoners, they attacked him. The suspects cut Deputy Adair's throat and wrist, then they cut him from his shoulder to his waist. Deputy Adair succumbed to his injuries four days later.
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