Deputy Sheriff Richard W. Slusher

Richard W. Slusher

Deputy Slusher succumbed to an accident gunshot wound sustained when his pistol fell from its holster and discharged, striking him in the head.

The incident occurred on a Louisville and Middlesborough Railroad train, near Rowland, as Deputy Slusher returned from testifying in a trial in Frankfort.

After being shot he was taken to his brother-in-law's home, where he died the following day.