MARION LOUIS SWORDS
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 3-W: 3
Department: St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, S.O.
End of Watch: July 17, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 59
Years of Service: 16
Description: Sheriff Swords was shot as he and a posse attempted to arrest an escaped prisoner. Deputy Charles Chachare was also wounded but survived. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed by hanging.
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