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Special Deputy Sheriff Ward Pentz | Jessamine County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky
Jessamine County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

Special Deputy Sheriff

Ward Pentz

Jessamine County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

End of Watch: Monday, May 21, 1906

Biographical Info

Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 1 day
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: May 21, 1906
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available

Special Deputy Sheriff Ward Pentz was accidentally shot and killed when his revolver fell from the buggy he was riding in and discharged, striking him in the stomach.

Deputy Pentz had been appointed as special deputy of the High Bridge area of Jessamine County.

The gun Deputy Pentz was carrying was reported to be the same gun carried by Kentucky Governor William Justus Goebel when he was assassinated on February 2nd, 1900.