HENRY VOIRES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 41-W: 27
Department: Kanawha County, West Virginia, S.O.
End of Watch: June 13, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 10
Description: Deputy Sheriff Voires was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect bootlegger. Deputy Voires was conducting an investigation at the local railroad yard where suspected bootleggers were known to sell illegal liquor. He ordered two suspected bootleggers to get off the train for questioning. One of the suspects refused to get off the train. Deputy Voires was shot and killed when he attempted to board the train.
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