Robert C. Scudder.
Patrolman Robert Scudder succumbed to gunshot wounds received six days earlier. He was shot after responding to a disturbance at a local dance hall. As he walked up the stairs, he encountered a man coming down. He began to search the subject but was shot when the man produced a gun. Five days later, the suspect was shot and critically wounded when police attempted to take him from a train in Emporia, Kansas. On July 8th, 1924, he was convicted of fourth-degree manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. He was released on March 15th, 1926. Patrolman Scudder was a Kansas National Guard veteran and had served with the Wichita Police Department for two 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.
Patrolman Scudder gave the Wichita Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wichita 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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