Mono Jim

Mono County Sheriff's Office — Bridgeport, CA

Felonious

End of Watch September 23, 1871

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Posse Member Mono Jim and Posse Member Robert Morrison were shot and killed during a shootout with three men who had escaped from the Nevada State Penitentiary in Carson City, Nevada.

The convicts fled south and murdered three citizens they encountered. They were tracked into California by a posse from Esmeralda County, Nevada. Once in California a new posse was formed by a Mono County deputy who took over the pursuit.

The posse located the convicts camped out near Monte Diablo Creek in Taylor Canyon and waited for daybreak to confront them. A shootout ensued in which Posse Member Mono Jim and Posse Member Morrison were both shot and killed.

All three were apprehended. Two of them were tried in a makeshift court in a remote cabin and executed the following day. The other escapee, who did not participate in the shootout, was returned to prison.

Monte Diable Creek was renamed Convict Creek in commemoration of the shootout. Two nearby peaks were renamed Mount Morrison and Mono Jim Peak in honor of the fallen posse members.

My family and I visited Convict Lake Campground in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and saw tour’s and Mono Him’s memorial and mountains. Your service and sacrifice is not forgotten.

Ofc. Jess Minton Arlington TX PD September 8th, 2023

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155 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Posse Member Jim served with the Mono County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Bridgeport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Mono County Sheriff's Office

Location Bridgeport, CA

Platform Identity mcso.mono.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 23, 1871

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Lynched in 1871

Posse Member Mono Jim 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 CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Mono County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Mono County Sheriff's Office

of 5 officers

100% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious