Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Robert Jones succumbed to a gunshot wound suffered the previous day while attempting to arrest a murder suspect.
Chief Jones and Rural Policeman Mark Page were tracking a suspect who had murdered his wife on the morning of July 10, 1928. Chief Jones was approximately 100 yards in the woods and Officer Page was in the field close by when Chief Jones was ambushed and shot on his right side. Some 100 pellets from the shotgun blasts hit Chief Jones perforating his lung and liver.
After Chief Jones had been shot, the suspect fled across the woods. Officer Page fired, hitting the suspect. Officer Page captured and secured the suspect, then had others take the prisoner to the Rowland jail. The suspect was sentenced to death but was never executed. On September 23, 1928, he died in prison from pellagra.
Officer Page and Mr. Ralph Brake of Rowland transported Chief Jones to a Lumberton hospital and a consulting surgeon was brought in from Fayetteville to help with the case. However, around 4 P.M. on Wednesday July 11, Chief Jones' condition deteriorated and he passed away two hours later.
Chief Jones was survived by his wife and one child.
Survivors
Chief Jones was survived by his wife and one child.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Jones served with the Rowland Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Rowland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Jones.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Robert Casey Jones 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 97,756 officers honored here.
In NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 58 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Rowland Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Casey Jones's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Casey Jones Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Casey Jones is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Robert Casey Jones was killed by shotgun.
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