ADAM DUBARD HOOD

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 57-W: 4
Department: Fairfield County, South Carolina, S.D.
End of Watch: June 14, 1915
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Hood and five deputies were escorting a prisoner to court when they were fired upon by five men who were attempting to lynch the prisoner. The five men were relatives of the accused victim. Sheriff Hood suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries later that evening. The prisoner was fatally shot. One suspect was shot and killed. Four suspects were arrested and charged with murder. Deputy Sheriffs Earle Stevenson, Alex Broome and B.R. Beckham were also shot but survived. Deputy Sheriff Raleigh Boulware died of his injuries three weeks later on July 3, 1915.
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