LUCIOUS ALVAN NORTH

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 29-W: 26
Department: Houston County, Alabama, S.O.
End of Watch: August 17, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy North was shot when he arrested a suspect who rode the train without paying the fare. Deputy North was accosted by relatives of the suspect and a shoot-out ensued. Deputy North was shot in the abdomen and died seven days later of internal hemorrhaging. The suspect was convicted of murder and died in prison.
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