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In memory of

Clarence M. Pickett

1923

Killed that day
November 10, 1923, aged 34

Their life

Officer Pickett was shot and killed after he stopped a suspect drunk driver on the state highway in Berenda. As Officer Pickett spoke to the driver, the passenger pulled a handgun and shot Officer Pickett twice in the chest, killing him. The suspects were a pair of criminals who had been traveling around the state committing armed robberies and thefts. They were arrested about ten hours later. One of the suspects was sentenced to life and the second suspect was sentenced to death. He was hung at San Quentin State Prison on January 9, 1925.

Survived by

Officer Pickett was survived by his wife of three weeks and his mother, brother and sister.

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