Bio & Incident Details
Age: 46
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Weapon: Handgun; .38 caliber
Offender: Sentenced to life
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Officer Hugh Siverd was shot and killed while walking a man to jail whom he had just arrested for bootlegging.
The officer was shot by a friend of the arrested individual. Both men were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life.
Officer Siverd had served in the 1st Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War and is buried in Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kansas. He was survived by his wife and son.
