WILLIAM SWEEM
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 27-E: 24
Department: Parke County, Indiana, S.O.
End of Watch: April 25, 1896
Cause: SHOT
Age: 36
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Sweem and Sheriff William Mull were attempting to arrest a man wanted for murder. They confronted the man in a local bank and the suspect shot and killed both lawmen. The suspect committed suicide after he was surrounded by a posse.
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