Harland O. Wood.
Undersheriff Harland Wood was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man on a warrant for writing a $2.00 bad check. The man was visiting his wife at an apartment at 9 North Street, in Hillsdale, when Undersheriff Wood attempted to arrest him. The man's wife and brother were arrested after the man fled the area following the shooting. The 31-year-old ex-convict was apprehended January 9, 1932, near Park Falls, Wisconsin. He was extradited to Michigan, convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled on February 16, 1959. Undersheriff Wood was a veteran of WWI and had served with the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office for four years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Undersheriff Wood gave the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hillsdale community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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