ROGER WILSON
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 35-W: 14
Department: Boone County, Missouri, S.D.
End of Watch: June 14, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Wilson and Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Booth were waiting to intercept gunmen who had robbed a bank. Both lawmen were shot as they approached the car that they had waved to a halt. The suspects fled but were captured 16 months later. One of the suspects stood trial and was hanged; the other received a life sentence.
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