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Deputy Sheriff Jack Hickox | Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

Deputy Sheriff

Jack Hickox

Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

End of Watch: Wednesday, June 8, 1938

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 35

Tour: 12 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 6/8/1938

Weapon: Handgun

Suspect: Executed

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Deputy Hickox was shot and killed in Ray, Arizona, while attempting to apprehend one of five convicts who had escaped from the state prison. Deputy Hickox was in a restaurant when a cook noticed the man across the street and alerted Deputy Hickox. When Deputy Hickox went to confront the man he was shot in the throat and killed. All five escapees were eventually apprehended. The suspect who shot Deputy Hickox was convicted of first degree murder and executed on April 28th, 1939.

Deputy Hickox had been in law enforcement for 12 years and had served with the U.S. Border Patrol and Southern Pacific Railroad Police before joining the Pinal County Sheriff's Department. He was survived by his wife.

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As a descendent of EL Drew - deputy sheriff, Ray Az. killed in Sonoratown 1911 - my family shares a unique honor, one which shapes us in ways others can not imagine. I wish the decendents of Officer Hickox would contact me. We still live in the Ray area.

Glenn and Becky Davison Drew
May 10, 2013

 

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