Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Givins
Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office
Idaho

End of Watch: Tuesday, November 26, 1935
Cause: Gunfire

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

Deputy Givins succumbed to a gunshot wound received the previous day. He and other officers were attempting to arrest a man for kidnapping and murder. Deputy Givins and Policeman Fontaine Cooper, of the Idaho State Police, were shot and killed following a high speed chase of the suspect.

The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to death by hanging but committed suicide 15 minutes before his execution by jumping from the top of a 30-foot high cell wall.

 
Photograph: Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Givins

Patch image: Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office, Idaho

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