Sergeant Ernest F. Beaugez
Ocean Springs Police Department
Mississippi
End of Watch: Thursday, May 27, 1954

Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, May 27, 1954
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1955

Sergeant Beaugez was shot and killed near Orange Grove, Mississippi.

The suspect was captured, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death. On September 9, 1954, he smashed the skull of Jailer J.C. Landrum, of the Hinds County Sheriff's Office, with an iron chair leg and escaped from the Hinds County Jail along with another death row inmate. Both were recaptured five days later 40 miles away after being spotted by a police helicopter. Jailor Landrum died minutes after the capture in the Jackson Hospital. The suspect was the first death row inmate executed in Mississippi's new gas chamber March 3, 1955.

Sergeant Beaugez was survived by his wife, daughter and sister.

Related Line of Duty Deaths

Jailer J. C. Landrum Hinds County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Tuesday, September 14, 1954 Cause of Death: Assault