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Correctional Officer

Edgar A. Barr

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons — Washington, DC
Felonious
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End of Watch March 19, 1917
Age 42
The Vigil Panel 32 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 33

Incident

Correctional Officer Edgar Barr was stabbed to death at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. He had been involved in an altercation with an inmate earlier in the day over a pair of shoes he stole from another inmate. The inmate obtained a wood chisel, hid it in his coat, and then went and located Officer Barr. As he approached Officer Barr another argument ensued, and as Officer Barr raised his club to defend himself, the inmate stabbed him in the chest with the chisel. The 29-year-old inmate had been in prison since 1910 serving a 25 year sentence for the murder of a man in Nome, Alaska. He was convicted of Officer Barr's murder and sentenced to death. In 1919 he received a new trial and was sentenced to life. He died at the Federal Penitentiary in LA Tuna, Texas, on June 6, 1955.

Survivors

Officer Barr was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Barr served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Barr.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons
Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 19, 1917
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edgar is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1917, 165 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 19th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Edgar was 42. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons has 34 officers remembered here, Edgar among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Edgar A. Barr

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons · End of Watch March 19, 1917

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-W

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