RICHARD ELLIS
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 24
Department: Scott County, Tennessee, S.O.
End of Watch: August 13, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service:
Description: Sheriff Ellis was about to enter the jail with a prisoner when he was shot in the back of the head by an unknown assailant. A rumor had been circulating earlier that day that plans were underway by a gang planning to break into the jail to free two men who were incarcerated there.
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