Dallas County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 28, 1928
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 27, 1928
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Never apprehended
Deputy Constable James was shot and killed while attempting to trap and arrest a robbery suspect who had robbed several couples in the area of the Lakewood Country Club.
He and a female acquaintance were sitting on a bench when he spotted a man crawling through a fence, and suddenly trotting towards them. A shootout followed in which Deputy Constable James was struck in the abdomen and mortally wounded. In his dying statement, he stated that the man started firing without saying a word.
Blood evidence indicated the killer was also wounded. No one was ever identified as the killer. Deputy Constable James died the next day.
Deputy Constable James was survived by his wife, three children, his parents, a sister, and three brothers. He was buried in the Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas.