JOHN PEARCE
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 31-E: 24
Department: Monroe, North Carolina, P.D.
End of Watch: May 6, 1888
Cause: BEAT
Age: 25
Years of Service:
Description: Officer Pearce attempted to arrest a man and two other men interfered. One of the men pried a floorboard loose and struck Officer Pearce across the back of the head. Officer Pearce collapsed and died the following evening, never having regained consciousness. The suspect who wielded the plank was found guilty and executed by hanging. The other two suspects were found guilty of manslaughter and received 10 years each in jail.
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