HARVEY CALVIN NEESE

Officer Rank: Night Captain
Memorial Panel: 4-W: 28
Department: Cripple Creek, Colorado, P.D.
End of Watch: July 3, 1920
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 9
Description: Night Captain Neese was shot as he attempted to arrest an intoxicated man who was wielding a gun and making threats. Captain Neese was shot in the chest and died of his injuries the next day. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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