Deputy Sheriff

Carlo Jones

Whitley County Sheriff's Office — Williamsburg, KY
Felonious
End of Watch September 24, 1909
The Vigil Panel 24 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Carlo Jones was shot and killed as he attempted to quell a disturbance.

Deputy Jone was on a train near Pineville when two men started fighting in the smoking car. As he attempted to stop the men from fighting one of them pulled out a .45 caliber revolver and shot him twice, killing him.

Two brothers were arrested three weeks later in Corbin and charged with Deputy Jones' murder. One was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. Only four hours before he killed Deputy Jones he had been released from the Kentucky Penitentiary after serving six years of a life sentence for murder. He had been pardoned by Governor Augustus Wilson.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Jones served with the Whitley County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Williamsburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Jones.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY
Platform Identity wcso.whitley.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 24, 1909
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Carlo 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 1909, 99 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 52nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 handgun; .45 caliber, in 0.6% of these deaths.

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His people

Whitley County Sheriff's Office has 7 officers remembered here, Carlo among them.

Deputy Sheriff Carlo Jones

Whitley County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch September 24, 1909

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-W

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