THOMAS W JONES

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 23-W: 19
Department: Lincoln County, New Mexico, S.D.
End of Watch: July 16, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: 6
Description: Deputy Jones was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a several suspects wanted for several Texas bank robberies and the murders of several Texas lawmen. Deputy Jones and a posse were on the trail of the suspects when they were ambushed by the suspects. Deputy Jones was shot and killed. One of the suspects was shot. The other suspect escaped but was eventually apprehended, extradited to Texas and executed. The suspects were also involved in the murders of Sheriff John Mosley, Deputy Sheriff Joseph Brown, Deputy Harvey Bolin.
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