Special Agent William Ford Sherman
Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
Railroad Police
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 31, 1927

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 17, 1927
Incident Location: Kansas
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Convicted

Special Agent William Sherman succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two weeks earlier while attempting to arrest two men loitering in a freight yard in Topeka, Kansas. As he searched one of the men the second man was able to move behind him and ordered to raise his hands.

As Agent Sherman turned around he was shot in the back. The men fled the scene. A train foreman located him a short time later and he was taken to a local hospital. The following day he was transported to a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, where he remained until succumbing to his wounds.

The two men were apprehended the following year and convicted of Agent Sherman's murder.

Agent Sherman was survived by his wife and young son.