ERNEST F BEAUGEZ

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 10
Department: Ocean Springs, Mississippi, P.D.
End of Watch: May 27, 1954
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Police Officer Beaugez was abducted and then fatally shot when he attempted to question a suspicious suspect. The suspect stole Officer Beaugez's clothes and car and fled the scene. The suspect, who was on parole, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. While awaiting execution, the suspect fatally beat Jailer J.C. Landrum when he escaped from prison but was recaptured. The suspect was executed via the gas chamber.
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