Starke Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Friday, November 20, 1903
Add to My HeroesJeff Jones
Acting Night Marshal Jeff Jones was shot and killed when he responded to Crabb's Saloon after receiving reports of a disturbance during which someone fired a gun inside shortly before midnight.
He was shot twice by a man with a pistol at the scene. He was taken to a nearby home and attended by a doctor but died the following day.
The son of a prominent judge was arrested but quickly exonerated by a coroner's jury.
Acting Marshal Jones was survived by his wife and two small children.
Bio
- Age 27
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Thursday, November 19, 1903
- Weapon Handgun
- Offender Never tried
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Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
November 20, 2019
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