RICHARD MARTIN GLOVER

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 53-W: 24
Department: Gonzales County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: June 14, 1901
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: 8
Description: Sheriff Glover, accompanied by a posse, were searching for the murderer of Sheriff Brack Morris. Sheriff Glover and the posse arrived at a residence where the suspect was believed to be hiding. A gunfight erupted between the occupants of the house and the posse. Sheriff Glover died during this gunfight. The shooter fled the scene but was captured three days later.
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