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Deputy Sheriff John Harmon Mundine | Lee County Sheriff's Department, Texas
Lee County Sheriff's Department, Texas

Deputy Sheriff

John Harmon Mundine

Lee County Sheriff's Department, Texas

End of Watch: Saturday, April 18, 1903

Biographical Info

Age: 42
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: April 17, 1903
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available

Deputy Sheriff John H. Mundine was wounded by an accidental discharge when his pistol fell from his pocket as he was getting off the Aransas Pass train in Lexington. The bullet entered his stomach. He died at his home of peritonitis from a pistol wound to his bowels at 8:30 p.m. the next day.

Mundine was survived by his wife, Alice, son John and daughter, Conine. He was buried in the Mundine Cemetery.