POLK C CARAWAY
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 5-E: 11
Department: Memphis, Tennessee, P.D.
End of Watch: August 10, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 23
Years of Service: 1
Description: Patrolman Caraway was shot by robbers attempting to hold up a payroll car. Special Officer Howard Gamble was also fatally shot in this incident. Lieutenant Vincent Lucarini was shot and killed by a posse who mistook him for one of the burglars.
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