De Smet Police Department, South Dakota
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 13, 1932
Age: 61
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: September 11, 1932
Weapon Used: Handgun; .38 caliber
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Policeman Back succumbed to wounds sustained two nights earlier when he interrupted four brothers breaking into a local business.
Three were apprehended a few days later. The fourth suspect was apprehended a week later in Sioux City, Iowa. He had a gun shot wound in his left arm from Policeman Back's return fire. He signed a confession stating that he was the one who shot Policeman Back. Two days later he died in a Sioux City hospital from gangrene and lockjaw.