JAMES MONROE BUTLER
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Officer Rank: Prison Guard
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 25
Department: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
End of Watch: May 25, 1882
Cause: TRAIN
Age: 29
Years of Service: 3
Description: Guard Butler was in charge of a group of twenty prisoners who were assigned to clean the train yard. While supervising the prisoners, an incoming Missouri Pacific train hit a group of flat cars and derailed. Guard Bulter and several prisoners were struck by the train. Guard Butler suffered a broken back and severe head injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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