Benton County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
End of Watch: Saturday, November 5, 1938
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 6-1
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 4, 1938
Weapon Used: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect Info: Committed suicide
Sheriff Leland Fry succumbed to a gunshot wound received the previous day in Garrison, Iowa, where he had gone to arrest a man. During the arrest the suspect shot Sheriff Fry in the abdomen. The suspect then committed suicide.
Sheriff Fry had served as sheriff for nearly three years and was survived by his wife, Hazel, and their children, Dale and Shirley.