Weakley County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee
End of Watch: Thursday, July 1, 1926
Age: 58
Tour of Duty: 21 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 1, 1926
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff William Cross was shot and killed by a man after responding to reports that the man was beating his wife and children. The suspect, who was released from an insane asylum two years earlier, was shot and killed when he fired at members of a posse searching for him.
Deputy Cross was survived by his wife and four children.