Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 10 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/13/1901
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Escaped from prison
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Patrolman Dinwiddie succumbed to gun shot wounds sustained 14 years earlier when he was and Patrolman Robert Saylor were shot after responding to a disturbance at a local tavern. The suspect involved in the disturbance was the famous outlaw known as Kid Curry. The suspect immediately opened fire on the officers, wounding them both, before fleeing.
Patrolman Dinwiddie had served with the agency for 10 years.
Kid Curry was suspected of be involved with the murders of five law enforcement officers: Sheriff Josiah Hazen of the Converse County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming; Deputy Samuel Jenkins and Sheriff Jesse Tyler of the Grand County Sheriff's Department, Utah; and Patrolman Robert Saylor and Patrolman William Dinwiddie of the Knoxville Police Department, Tennessee.
Kid Curry was arrested after the murders of Patrolman Saylor and Patrolman Dinwiddie. He was convicted of the murders but escaped from the local jail before being transferred to a federal prison.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Sheriff Josiah Hazen |
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Deputy Sheriff Samuel Jenkins |
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Sheriff Jesse Tyler |
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Patrolman Robert Saylor |
