Bio & Incident Details
Age: 42
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Stabbed
Location: Kansas
Incident Date: 3/19/1917
Weapon: Edged weapon
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Barr was stabbed to death at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. He had been involved in an altercation with an inmate earlier in the day over a pair of shoes. The inmate obtained a wood chisel, hid it in his coat, and then went and located Officer Barr. As he approached Officer Barr another argument ensued, and as Officer Barr raised his club to defend himself, the inmate stabbed him in the chest with the chisel.
Officer Barr was survived by his wife.
