JOHN P GROVE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 35-W: 22
Department: Tippecanoe County, Indiana, S.D.
End of Watch: February 8, 1928
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputies John P. Grove and McClure were shot and killed by two inmates that they were transporting to the Pendleton Penitentiary from Lafayette, Indiana. It is not known exactly when the deputies were shot since their bodies were found in a field eight days after their departure from Lafayette, Indiana. The inmates were recaptured.
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