Arthur Taylor
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Deputy Sheriff

Arthur Taylor

Accident
End of Watch May 24, 1914
Age 35
Tour of Duty
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor and Detective Isaac Parsons, of the Houston Police Department, were accidentally shot by other officers while searching for a suspect on Baron Street near Meadow Street who was terrorizing a neighborhood with a rifle.

Deputy Taylor had been deputized that day and was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Deputy Taylor had been deputized that day and was survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Houston, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 24, 1914
Tour of Duty
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Harris County Sheriff's Office, 20 of 56 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.7% of this agency's fallen.

Harris County Sheriff's Office
20
of 56 officers
35.7% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur Taylor's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Arthur Taylor Compares

Age at End of Watch
35
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur Taylor is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location