SAMUEL JOHN MAUTZ

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 7-W: 31
Department: Franklin County, Ohio, S.O.
End of Watch: July 11, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 24
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Mautz was shot by bandits, while off-duty, while seated in his vehicle with another passenger. Deputy Mautz refused to raise his hands and instead reached for his gun. Deputy Mautz was transported to the hospital with a bullet wound to the chest and died the next day. The two bandits fled the scene and were not apprehended.
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