Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 13, 1916
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 13, 1916
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Arrested
Special Agent Henry Voiers was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who was riding aboard a coal train in Sharon, West Virginia. The suspect was well known in the area for bootlegging whiskey from Ohio into West Virginia aboard trains.
When Deputy Voiers attempted to arrest him he opened fire. Deputy Voiers returned fire until he was fatally wounded.
The suspect fled the area on foot. He was involved in a shootout with officers from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Police and taken into custody two days later in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Deputy Voiers was a widower and was survived by several children.