HENRY GONZALVO WOODS

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 18-W: 27
Department: DeWitt County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: October 18, 1869
Cause: SHOT
Age: 53
Years of Service: 1
Description: Deputy Sheriffs Woods and Edward Faust were shot and killed as they attempted to arrest a suspect for his involvement in a murder that had occurred a month earlier. The deputies were fired upon as they searched the residence for the suspect. The Sheriff of DeWitt County arrested the suspect and his accomplice the next day.
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