JOHN ELDER
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Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 50-W: 9
Department: Iowa Department of Corrections
End of Watch: April 30, 1882
Cause: PHYS
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Elder was killed when he was attacked in the hospital ward of the Iowa State Penitentiary and suffocated with chloroform by inmates who were attempting to escape.
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