Mike K. Knotts Sr..
Chief of Police Mike Knotts was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest a man for being drunk and disruptive around 4:00 p.m.
The suspect, who had been arrested by Chief Knotts several times, declared that he would kill the chief if he ever tried to arrest him again. As Chief Knotts approached the suspect on a local street, he pulled out a revolver he had concealed under his shirt and shot the chief through the heart. A short time later, he surrendered to the Aiken County Sheriff.
The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seven to 14 years in the South Carolina Penitentiary on November 4th, 1925.
Chief Knotts was a United States Army Spanish-American War veteran.
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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.
Chief of Police Knotts served with the Wagener Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Wagener community. Thank you 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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