JOHN E HUTCHESON

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 16-E: 25
Department: Jefferson County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: June 28, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Hutcheson was shot and killed with his own gun by an unruly prisoner in the county jail. Deputy Hutcheson entered the cell to give the inmate lunch, when the man hit him on the head with a pot and knocked him down. The prisoner then grabbed Deputy Hutcheson's .45 caliber service revolver and shot him in the chest. Two other inmates struggled with the prisoner and shot him.
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