Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Texas
Incident Date: 10/7/1957
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Enforcement Officers Benjamin Bert Stone, T.M. Allen and Jim Riggs were on duty at “Smuggler’s Bend” on the Rio Grande River, two miles south of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas. The federal officers were patrolling about 100 yards apart. Officer Stone arrested a group of Mexican smugglers and was trying to herd them to a small house where some of the merchandise was stored. The smugglers overpowered Officer Stone and seized his pistol and shot him to death. Officers Allen and Riggs heard the shots and found Stone shot through the heart. The smugglers fled back into Mexico. Police in Matamoros, Mexico rounded up seven men within four hours, and U.S. police arrested two Americans in Brownsville who owned the house used by the smugglers. Matamoros Police Chief Enrique Lamarque said Daniel Arteaga, 35, signed a confession that he was the one who shot Officer Stone. Stone’s .38 caliber pistol was recovered by Mexican police.
Enforcement Officer Stone was survived by his wife and three young children. He was buried in Zanesville, Ohio
