Bio & Incident Details
Age: 28
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/2/1932
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Committed suicide
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Patrolman Charles Houser was shot and killed as he took position outside the farmhouse of two suspects.
Patrolman Houser had been employed with the Springfield Police Department for two years, and was survived by his wife and brother. He is buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Joplin, Missouri (the grave is unmarked).
Two brothers considered local petty burglars killed a total of seven Law Enforcement Officers. After they killed Town Marshal Mark Noe on June 2, 1929, a massive manhunt began for the suspects. The two suspects were located at the family farmhouse on January 2, 1932. They had come to town to visit their mother for the Christmas holiday. A raiding party of eleven officers was formed to arrest the two brothers. As the officers surrounded the farmhouse gunfire erupted and in the end six officers lay dead.
The suspects escaped, and fled to Texas. They were located there by Houston Police and as police moved in the two suspects committed suicide.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Chief of Detectives Tony Oliver |
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Town Marshal Mark S. Noe |
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Patrolman Sidney Meadows |
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Deputy Sheriff Wiley Mashburn |
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Sheriff Marcell C. Hendrix |
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Deputy Sheriff Ollie Crosswhite |
