ERNEST R HESSON
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Officer Rank: Jailer
Memorial Panel: 11-E: 4
Department: Mason County, West Virginia, S.D.
End of Watch: March 9, 1976
Cause: BOMB
Age: 71
Years of Service: 10
Description: Jailer Hesson, Sheriff Elvin Wedge and Deputy Kenneth Love were killed when a bomb exploded inside the Mason County Courthouse. The suspect entered the Mason County Jail armed with a shotgun and suitcase which contained approximately 30 sticks of dynamite. Jailer Hesson died of his injuries a week later.
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