WILLIAM HENRY KING

Officer Rank: Warden
Memorial Panel: 43-W: 24
Department: Burlington County Jail, New Jersey
End of Watch: November 5, 1920
Cause: BEAT
Age: 60
Years of Service: 9
Description: Warden King, responding to the request of the inmate, opened the cell to take the man to the infirmary. The inmate attacked Warden King, beating him repeatedly with an iron stoker. The inmate then retreated to his cell. Warden King died at the scene.
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