HOWARD H FRANKLIN

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 57-W: 30
Department: Orangeburg, South Carolina, Dept. of Public Safety
End of Watch: March 9, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 59
Years of Service: 29
Description: Sergeant Franklin was shot as he attempted to arrest an inmate who had escaped from the county jail three days prior. Sergeant Franklin was transported to the hospital with three gunshot wounds to the chest and leg and died shortly after arrival. The suspect was captured.
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