Roll of Honor
Henry Grady Bennett
Incident
Location: Georgia Incident Date: Saturday, February 21, 1914 Weapon: Handgun Offender: Hanged in 1915
Special Agent Henry Bennett was shot and killed in the Howell Station Transfer Yards (Inman Yard) in Fulton County, Georgia, while attempting to arrest a man stealing brass from a boxcar.
Agent Bennett observed the man, who he personally knew, break a seal on a boxcar that had just arrived in the yards. After the man entered the car Agent Bennet approached and also entered the car. The subject immediately opened fire, wounding him twice. Despite his wounds, Agent Bennett returned fire and shot the man twice.
Agent Bennett was taken to a hospital in Atlanta where he died the following day. He gave a deathbed statement identifying his killer. The suspect, also hospitalized, was later convicted of murder, sentenced to death, and hanged on January 29, 1915. Just before he was hanged he confessed to the murder of another man, which officials were able to confirm. He had killed the man in Atlanta in 1913.
Agent Bennett was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, and five siblings. He was predeceased by one son. His wife died only five months later on July 4th, 1914.
Survivors
Agent Bennett was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, and five siblings.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Bennett served with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Norfolk community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Bennett.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Special Agent Henry Grady Bennett is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In VA, 394 of 656 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.1% of this state's fallen. That is 60.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Seaboard Air Line Railroad Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Grady Bennett's cause is highlighted.
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Grady Bennett is highlighted in Feb.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Henry Grady Bennett was killed by handgun.
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