JAMES HART

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Officer Rank: Corrections Officer
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 23
Department: Missouri Department of Corrections
End of Watch: February 4, 1924
Cause: STRA
Age: 60
Years of Service: 3
Description: Officer Hart was overpowered by three convicts who were attempting to escape. Officer Hart was beaten and strangled to death. Although the convicts fled during a fierce winter blizzard, they were doggedly tracked by lawmen. The convicts were shot to death by law enforcement agents.
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