J W HARRYMAN
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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 55-E: 11
Department: Newton County, Missouri, S.D.
End of Watch: April 13, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: 41
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Constable Harryman was shot while attempting to execute a seach warrant at a residence where Bonnie and Clyde were hiding out. Constable Harryman was shot by Clyde with a sawed off shotgun as he approached the front door. Detective Harry McGinnis was also killed in this incident. The Bonnie and Clyde gang was responsible for the deaths of seven other officers between 1932 and 1934: Constable William Campbell, Prison Guard Joe Crowson, Deputy Malcolm Davis, Marshal H.D. Humphrey, Deputy Eugene Moore, Patrolman H. Murphy and Patrolman Edward Wheeler. Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed and killed by a posse of law enforcement officers on May 23, 1934.
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