Sheriff Jesse Sut Harris, Brown County Sheriff's Department, Texas

Sheriff Jesse Sut Harris

Brown County Sheriff's Department, Texas

End of Watch Thursday, June 6, 1861

Jesse Sut Harris

Sheriff Harris was shot and killed by a schoolteacher. After arrested the nephew of the former county sheriff, who had resigned to join the Confederate Army, a schoolteacher shot Sheriff Harris with a shotgun. He died two days later from his wound. The suspect fled the county and was never apprehended.
Sheriff Harris had been with the agency for three months.

Bio

Age Not available
Tour 3 months
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Tuesday, June 4, 1861
Weapon Shotgun
Offender Never apprehended

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Rest in Peace Sheriff Jessie S. Harris. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice protecting the citizens of Brown County, Texas.

I Pray for Peace for your Family, Friends and Co-Workers. I also Pray that the hounds of hell forever gnaw on the bones of the scum that murdered you. May he rot in hell.

Amen.

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood (Ret)
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston, TX

June 5, 2016