Chief of Police Harvey Calvin DeZarn, Manchester Police Department, Kentucky

Chief of Police Harvey Calvin DeZarn

Manchester Police Department, Kentucky

End of Watch Sunday, August 9, 1936

Harvey Calvin DeZarn

Chief of Police Harvey DeZarn was shot and killed in front of the city jail at approximately 11:00 pm.

He was leaving the jail after investigating a disturbance between prisoners when he was struck by a shotgun blast fired from across the street.

Bio

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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Shotgun
Offender Not available

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Harvey Dezarn was murdered on a hot August night in 1936 after the entire Police Force quit. Undaunted, Harvey still stayed on patrol and was cut down by 12 gauge shotguns. Still to this day the town of Manchester, Kentucky has not acknowledged his sacrifice. Not even a byline or a plaque, thank God Washington D C and sworn relatives from Virginia & Tennessee did. *Full story is kept at the Clay County Historical Society in Manchester, Kentucky.

L J Smothers, Mounted Patrol
Miami-Dade Police (RET)

November 25, 2013