Sheriff D. A. Crawford
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Georgia
End of Watch: Saturday, February 7, 1903

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: 1 month
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, February 5, 1903
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Lynched

Sheriff D.A. Crawford was shot and mortally wounded by a man he was attempting to arrest at a country store near Wrightsville.

The suspect, who was apprehended a short time later, said when he saw Sheriff Crawford walking towards him he pulled his pistol and shot him because he thought he was a man who had beaten him severely several weeks earlier. When Sheriff Crawford died two days later, a mob of several hundred men broke into the Johnson County Jail, seized the suspect, hanged him, and then shot him more than 500 times.

Sheriff Crawford had been the Johnson County Sheriff for only one month.