Jeremiah Hughes

Easley Police Department — Easley, SC

Felonious

End of Watch June 23, 1892

Age 38

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Town Marshal Jeremiah Hughes was shot and killed at approximately 10:00 pm after responding to a person reportedly being threatened. The man had been at a dance when he got into an argument with another man who threatened to go home and retrieve a gun. The victim reported the incident to Marshal Hughes, who accompanied the man home. Marshal Hughes then sat on the man's front porch. The suspect came to the home and upon seeing Marshal Hughes on the front porch mistakenly thought he was the original victim and opened fire with a shotgun. Marshal Hughes was struck in the back and died. One suspect was arrested at the scene but another fled to North Carolina. He was captured, returned to Easley, and hanged for the crime on October 7th, 1892.

Survivors

Marshal Hughes was survived by his wife and three children.

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134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Town Marshal Hughes served with the Easley Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Easley community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Easley Police Department

Location Easley, SC

Platform Identity epd.pickens.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 1892

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Executed in 1892

Town Marshal Jeremiah Hughes 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 SC, 271 of 438 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.9% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Easley 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.

Easley Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 438 officers

61.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious