Tate County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi
End of Watch Sunday, October 16, 1932
Add to My HeroesJeff Walker Williams
Deputy Sheriff Jeff Williams was shot and killed by a man he arrested for robbery at a home seven miles south of Senatobia. Just after the officer made the arrest the suspect grabbed Deputy Williams' pistol and shot him.
Deputy Williams' father, the Tate County Sheriff, organized a posse of more than 75 men who surrounded a nearby home where the suspect was thought to be hiding. When someone in the house opened fire the posse returned fire killing four men inside the home. The men, a father, his two sons, and his son-in-law were relatives of the suspect. The suspect was not there. He was captured in Memphis, Tennesee, December 13, 1932.
Bio
- Age 23
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Officer's handgun
- Offender Apprehended
Most Recent Reflection
View all 7 ReflectionsMay all the slain rest in peace.
Reflecting on the innocent killed that day.
My Great-Grandfather Judge Crawford was an upstanding, law abiding, hard working man.
Such a large part of our history was dimensioned
Because the Law was not upheld.
Not only was our family unlawfully Murdered, our land was stolen.
From what I am told it was 120 acres.
However our family was so devastated and threatened even generations later we still feel the sting of bigotry.
Justice was never served and the person of interest was never found on our land.
There will never be an apology to the Judge Crawford Family for this atrocity.
God please Bless and Heal our Land!
Rainey Crawford descendent
Grandchild
August 12, 2024
