HENRY HAMPTON HOWARD

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 32-W: 23
Department: Aiken County, South Carolina, S.O.
End of Watch: April 25, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 55
Years of Service: 13
Description: Sheriff Howard, accompanied by three of his deputies, set out to serve a warrant for the manufacture of illegal liquor. As they approached the house, the officers were shot at and they returned fire. Sheriff Howard was shot from the rear and died at the scene. Two of the suspects died in the altercation; several escaped; and three were jailed.
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