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Special Deputy Marshal

J. Perry Griggs

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC
Felonious
United States flag District of Columbia flag
End of Watch August 10, 1893
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 312

Incident

Special Deputy Marshal Griggs was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest two moonshiners in Cleburne County, AL. Apparently the two suspects got word that Deputy Marshal Griggs and another officer were coming and hid in the woods near their still. As soon as the officers came in sight the two opened fire killing Deputy Marshal Griggs instantly. The other officer returned fire killing one suspect and exchanged shots with the other but neither were hit and he managed to escape. On November 24, 1904, the suspect was captured in Cleburne County and charged with murder and the murder of another man two years earlier. He was only convicted of illegal distilling and sentenced to 2.5 years. Only five months earlier, Special Deputy Marshal Griggs had been shot at by a man that he and a fellow Deputy Marshal were attempting to arrest in Cherokee County, GA. A book he was carrying over his heart stopped a bullet that would have otherwise penetrated his heart in that incident.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Deputy Marshal Griggs served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service
Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1893
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

J. 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 1893, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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When

August holds 8.9% 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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, J. among them.

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Special Deputy Marshal J. Perry Griggs

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch August 10, 1893

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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