Warden Daniel Webster
Connecticut Department of Correction
Connecticut
End of Watch: Thursday, March 27, 1862

Biographical Info
Age: 50
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: Monday, March 24, 1862
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect Info: Executed on September 19, 1862

Warden Webster died of wounds he received when he was stabbed at the Wethersfield State Prison. Approximately one week prior to the stabbing, Warden Webster had reprimanded the suspect, who was serving a life sentence for arson, for failing do complete his assigned prison work. On March 24, the suspect again refused to do his work and was sent to a room to await Warden Webster. When Warden Webster entered the suspect attacked him with a shoe knife, stabbing him two times, once in the side and once in the abdomen.

Warden Webster died from his wounds three days later.

Warden Webster was survived by his wife and four children. The Webster Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Connecticut, is named after Warden Webster.