Franklin Police Department, Virginia
End of Watch: Thursday, May 12, 1932
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 12, 1932
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Sentence commuted to life
Patrolman Jones was shot and killed by a man he caught in a cemetery with several bags of stolen peanuts.. The suspect, 28, was apprehended in Cape Charles two weeks later. He was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life by the governor on February 22, 1934.