Officer Daniel Hallam

Daniel Hallam

Officer Daniel Hallam and Officer Claborne Long were stabbed on January 9, 1861 in a home on Main Street while searching for a missing girl.

The officers had dressed in civilian clothes to visit a madam's home in search of the girl. They were inside the house on the east side of Main Street, between 6th Street and 7th Street, when a father and son pair insisted on entering. The madam refused the admittance because the father held a pistol. The two officers directed her to open the door and attempted to arrest the pair, at which time both officers were stabbed in the side.

Officer Long died that day while Officer Hallam died the following day.

The father was dismissed outright as having no evidence against him. The son was charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Later a new trial was ordered and he was released, but was arrested for counterfeiting.

Officer Hallam was survived by his wife.