FRANK W VENABLE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 44-W: 24
Department: Bell County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: October 23, 1878
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Venable and Deputy Frank Rather were returning a prisoner to his cell when another inmate reached through the bars, grabbed the gun from Deputy Bell's holster and shot him to death with his own gun. Deputy Rather returned fire and killed the inmate.
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