JAMES MADISON BEARD
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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 22
Department: Buena Vista, Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: October 14, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: 67
Years of Service: 36
Description: Chief Beard was shot and killed by a prisoner whom he had transferred from Reading, PA. The prisoner rushed Chief Beard, took his gun and shot him twice.
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