End of Watch January 28, 1888
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident

Posse Member Jack Candy and Posse Member Medley Hair were shot and killed while attempting to search a hut for an escaped Creek Indian in Oklahoma. When they arrived at the location the suspects initially refused to open the door, but then opened it and began firing. Both officers were shot and killed.

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138 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Posse Member Candy served with the United States Department of the Interior.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdibiaojsfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 1888
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jack is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1888, 60 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 126th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jack was 31. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Jack among them.

Across the years

Posse Member Jack Candy

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch January 28, 1888

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-E

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