J DOUGLAS HULSEY

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 11
Department: Salt Lake County, Utah, S.O.
End of Watch: November 29, 1913
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriffs Hulsey, Thomas Manderich and a third man were shot as they attempted to search an underground mine to arrest the suspect wanted for the murder of Chief J.W. Grant, Deputy Nephi Jensen and Deputy Otto Witbeck eight days prior. Deputy Manderich and Hulsey were preparing to light smudge fires in the coal mine when they were fatally shot. The suspect escaped the mine and was not apprehended until 1921 when he was killed by the Texas Rangers.
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