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Sheriff Walter Warren Hollingsworth | Coryell County Sheriff's Department, Texas
Coryell County Sheriff's Department, Texas

Sheriff

Walter Warren Hollingsworth

Coryell County Sheriff's Department, Texas

End of Watch: Sunday, April 22, 1934

Biographical Info

Age: 60
Tour of Duty: 19 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: July 16, 1931
Weapon Used: Blunt object; Pipe
Suspect Info: Not available

Sheriff Walter Hollingsworth succumbed to injuries received when he was accidentally struck on the head with a pipe while struggling with a mentally ill prisoner in the county jail. A friend of Sheriff Hollingsworth's came to his aid and accidentally struck him on the head with the pipe.

Sheriff Hollingsworth had been sheriff for 19 years and was survived by his wife and eight children.