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Deputy Sheriff

Edward Neece

Bell County Sheriff's Department — Pineville, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch November 7, 1912
Age 38
The Vigil Panel 27 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 25

Incident

Deputy Edward Neece was shot and killed at Brownet's Creek near Pineville on a Sunday morning while attempting to serve a warrant. The 40-year-old suspect was wanted for selling illegal liquor. The suspect was captured several months later, convicted of manslaughter, and sent to prison in 1915 for 10 years. On June 5, 1921, he escaped from a prison road camp. Nearly two months later he was shot and killed by a posse at his home in Pineville.

Deputy Neece was survived by his pregnant wife and his 2-year-old daughter.

Survivors

Deputy Neece was survived by his pregnant wife and his 2-year-old daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Neece served with the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pineville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Neece.

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

Agency

Department Bell County Sheriff's Department
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Pineville, Bell County, KY
Platform Identity bcso.bell.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 1912
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edward 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 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Edward was 38. 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.

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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 gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

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His people

Bell County Sheriff's Department has 26 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Edward Neece

Bell County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch November 7, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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