Deputy Sheriff Lewis R. Jones

Deputy Sheriff Lewis R. Jones | Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
Deputy Sheriff Lewis R. Jones

Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, Iowa

End of Watch Monday, December 19, 1921

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Lewis R. Jones

Deputy Sheriff Lewis Jones was shot and killed during a period of strikes and civil unrest in the area of Leech Avenue and Chambers Street (modern-day Cunningham Drive) near the Sioux City Packing House.

He and other deputies were searching people in the streets for weapons when a man attacked another deputy. Deputy Jones was shot by the man as he chased him down the street. Other deputies returned fire and killed the subject.

Deputy Jones was survived by his father who served as the Sheriff at the time of his murder.

Bio

  • Age 22
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Handgun; .32 caliber
  • Offender Shot and killed

civil unrest, strike

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Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 23, 2019

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