JEFFERSON F BEARD

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 17-W: 9
Department: Snohomish County, Washington, S.D.
End of Watch: November 6, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriffs Beard and Charles Curtiss were fatally shot during a labor strike which became known as the "Everett Massacre." A group of unionized shingle weavers went on strike and efforts by law enforcement to maintain order was met with violence. Seventy-four men were arrested for the murders and one was formally charged but acquitted.
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