Edward Henry Foley

Deputy Sheriff

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In memory of

Edward Henry Foley

1919

Killed that day
September 28, 1919, aged 36

Their life

Deputy Sheriff Edward Foley was shot and killed while attempting to stop a car at a roadblock.

The officers were waiting for a group of suspects in a Studebaker. The suspects instead pulled up in another car that they had just stolen. When the deputies motioned to them to stop one of the occupants shot Deputy Foley in the chest, killing him. The suspects fled and were never apprehended.

Deputy Foley had served with the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office for ten years.

Survived by

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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