JOHN WILSON SLAUGHTER

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Officer Rank: Night Watchman
Memorial Panel: 21-E: 26
Department: Clarendon, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: March 12, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 32
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Night Watchman Slaughter was found shot to death between City Hall and a produce shop. Watchman Slaughter was on patrol when he interrupted a burglary in progress at a gas station and was shot at close range with a shotgun. A suspect was arrested two years later but died of a heart attack before the case went to trial.
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