Bio & Incident Details
Age: 60
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 12/22/1905
Weapon: Blunt object; Iron pipe
Suspect: Executed in 1906
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Guard William Moorehead was fatally injured when a inmate attacked him with a iron pipe in the stamp shop at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Guard Moorehead was taken to a local hospital where he died from head injuries the next day.
The suspect, who was serving a 12 year sentence for manslaughter, was convicted of first degree murder and executed in the electric chair September 21, 1906.
