Thomas Asbury "Berry" Quillin

Miller County Sheriff's Office — Texarkana, AR

Felonious

End of Watch August 31, 1932

Age 48

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Berry Quillin was shot and killed while standing in a drug store in Fouke, Arkansas.

Deputy Quillin's brother was an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. It is believed Deputy Quillin was murdered because moonshiners believed that he was supplying his brother with information on stills located in the Fouke area.

A suspect in Deputy Quillin's murder was apprehended and charged with murder. His trial ended with a hung jury. A year earlier another trial in which he was charged with murder ended with a hung jury. In 1937 he was again charged with murder after he shot and killed a man at a nightclub in Miller County. The charge was dismissed when the witnesses failed to show up in court.

Deputy Quillin was survived by his wife and two children.

Survivors

Deputy Quillin was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Quillin served with the Miller County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Texarkana community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Quillin.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Miller County Sheriff's Office

Location Texarkana, AR

Platform Identity mcso.miller.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 31, 1932

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Apprehended

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Asbury "Berry" Quillin is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Miller County Sheriff's Office, 9 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 81.8% of this agency's fallen.

Miller County Sheriff's Office

of 11 officers

81.8% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious