Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
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Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/3/1919
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Lynched by mob
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Sheriff Harlow was shot and killed by a prisoner who was smuggled a gun while incarcerated in the county jail. The suspect shot Sheriff Harlow as the cell door was opened. The Sheriff's son was also shot when he entered the room and died two days later. The suspect was arrested in Colorado and returned to Missouri. The man was sentenced to life in prison but was taken from the judge's chambers by an angry mob of citizens and hanged outside of the courthouse.
