Pickens Police Department, Mississippi
End of Watch Tuesday, July 20, 1926
Add to My HeroesHubert L. Jones
Town Marshal Hubert Jones succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained three days earlier while attempting to serve a warrant.
He located the subject in a vehicle with several other men. As he approached the vehicle the subject shot him in the abdomen. All of the men in the car fled the scene.
Marshal Jones was taken to Baptist Hospital where he died on July 20th, 1926.
Three of the four men in the vehicle were killed prior to being tried. The fourth man was convicted of Marshal Jones' murder and sentenced to death.
Marshal Jones also served as a deputy with the Holmes County Sheriff's Department.
Bio
- Age 34
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Saturday, July 17, 1926
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Sentenced to death
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