THOMAS C CRANMER
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 54-E: 15
Department: Cooper County, Missouri, S.D.
End of Watch: June 15, 1890
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Cranmer was shot by a jailed prisoner as he made his rounds after mealtime. An accomplice had passed a handgun to the prisoner through the window of his cell. Sheriff Cranmer died of his injuries the next day. His assailant was convicted of murder and hanged.
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