Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
End of Watch Thursday, April 22, 1948
Add to My HeroesSamuel P. Chesshir
Guard Sam 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. Guard Chesshir succumbed to his wounds three days later.
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 WWI veteran and had served with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for five years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
He is buried at Sunset Cemetary in Galloway, Franklin County, Ohio.
Bio
- Age 54
- Tour 5 years
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Incident Date Monday, April 19, 1948
- Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
- Offender Executed in 1949
Most Recent Reflection
View all 11 ReflectionsNEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General 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 65 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.
Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation
April 22, 2023
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