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John R. Hinson
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Correction Officer

John R. Hinson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division — Huntsville, TX
Felonious
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End of Watch November 3, 1932
Age 62
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Gender Male
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Incident

Correction Officer John Hinson succumbed to wounds sustained from three prisoners escaping the Eastham State prison farm, correctly renamed the Wainwright Unit, at 2665 Prison Road 1 in Lovelady.

Officer Hinton was struck in the head with a pitchfork and knocked from his horse by three convicts, and his shotgun and pistol were taken. Hinson was beaten with the pitchfork handle once he was on the ground. The prisoners escaped while the remainder of the work detail carried Hinson to the hospital.

A posse with bloodhounds cornered one escapee. When he refused to surrender, he was shot to death by guards, who thought he was still armed with Hinson’s gun. The posse caught the other two convicts near Madisonville Sunday after an all-night hunt. Hinson’s pistol and shotgun were recovered on the convicts.

Hinson died at a Huntsville hospital on Thursday, November 3, 1932. The two escapees confessed to the beating death of Officer Hinson. No further information as to the sentences they received.

Correctional Officer was survived by his wife and at least two children.

Hinson died at a Huntsville hospital on Thursday, November 3, 1932.

The two escapees confessed to the beating death of Officer Hinson. No further information as to the sentences they received.

Survivors

Correctional Officer was survived by his wife and at least two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correction Officer Hinson served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correction Officer Hinson.

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

Agency

Department Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division
Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1932
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Assault
Weapon Blunt object

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1932, 210 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 8th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 62. 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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

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His people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

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Where

Correction Officer John R. Hinson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch November 3, 1932

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-W

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