Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
End of Watch Monday, April 19, 1948
Add to My HeroesSamuel P. Chesshir
Guard Samuel Chesshir and Guard Walter Zimmer were stabbed to death by an inmate at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus.
The inmate went berserk for no apparent reason, grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen, stabbed both guards, and seriously injured another guard before being subdued.
The inmate, serving a 15-year sentence for burglary, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and executed in the electric chair on February 2nd, 1949.
Guard Chesshir was a U.S. Army veteran.
Bio
- Age 54
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
- Offender Executed in 1949
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Guard Walter W. Zimmer
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH
EOW: April 19, 1948
Most Recent Reflection
View all 8 ReflectionsNEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Guard Samuel P. Chesshir of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio and the additional 69 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.
Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation
April 19, 2019
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