WILLIAM HARRISON HEMSING
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Officer Rank: Centre Keeper
Memorial Panel: 3-E: 28
Department: New Jersey State Prison
End of Watch: August 17, 1899
Cause: NIFE
Age: 58
Years of Service: 21
Description: On July 14, 1896, Centre Keeper Hemsing was attacked by an inmate wielding a knife and sustained slash wounds to his neck. Centre Keeper Hemsing deteriorated physically and mentally and he died at a psychiatric hospital on August 17, 1899.
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