Bio & Incident Details
Age: 52
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/28/1907
Weapon: Handgun; .44 caliber
Suspect: Beaten to death
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Night Chief John Daugherty was shot and killed as he and another officer walked a prisoner to jail.
The two officers had just arrested the man for selling whiskey. A friend of the man witnessed the arrest and obtained a .44 caliber revolver. The friend followed the officers and prisoner for about half a block, and shot Night Chief Daugherty in the back of the head without warning, killing him instantly.
The suspect fled the scene and attempted to escape into Virginia by taking a sailboat. A posse of citizens caught up to him, returned him to Crisfield, and then beat and lynched him.
Night Chief Daugherty was survived by his wife and five children.
