LUTHER A MARTIN

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 38-E: 3
Department: Anderson County, South Carolina, S.O.
End of Watch: September 18, 1928
Cause: AUTO
Age: 48
Years of Service: 8
Description: Deputy Sheriff Martin was killed in an automobile accident while in pursuit of a suspected rum runner car. Deputy Martin and another deputy were posted on the side of the road waiting for a car suspect of running illegal rum. While in pursuit of the suspect vehicle, Deputy Martins' patrol vehicle was forced down a ten-foot embankment. Deputy Martin suffered a broken neck and a fractured skull and pronounced dead at the scene.
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