Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Richard Worley succumbed to injuries sustained on December 1st, 1913, when a gas-powered railroad motorcycle he was operating crashed on the Rock Island Railroad tracks near Butterfield.
He was searching for a murder suspect at night when the railroad motorcycle struck an open switch. He was thrown to the ground and suffered a severe leg injury that required the leg to be amputated. He died at his home on December 7th, 1913, after experiencing complications from the surgery.
Sheriff Worley was survived by his wife and five children.
Survivors
Sheriff Worley was survived by his wife and five children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Worley served with the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Malvern community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Worley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Richard Stanley Worley is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Stanley Worley's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Stanley Worley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Stanley Worley is highlighted in Dec.