California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California
End of Watch: Sunday, May 13, 1934
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Explosion
Date of Incident: April 9, 1934
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Guard Albert Fiess succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion four days earlier.
He was supervising a prison work crew at San Quentin Prison's Road Camp No. 25, near Junction City, California, at the time of the accident. It is believed he did not hear the warning signal prior to the dynamite being detonated and he was thrown over 60 feet. He was taken to a hospital in Redding, California, where he died four days later.