In memory of
Charles A. Cavanagh
1934
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- March 16, 1934, aged 47
Their life
Undersheriff Cavanagh was shot and killed after responding to a call about a man brandishing a handgun in a grocery store. When he arrived on the scene the two exchanged shots and both Undersheriff Cavanagh and the suspect were killed. The suspect had escaped from an Indiana jail with John Dillinger 13 days earlier.
Undersheriff Cavanagh had served in law enforcement for 22 years.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife and child.
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