Cooper County Sheriff's Office, Missouri
End of Watch Sunday, June 15, 1890
Add to My HeroesThomas C. Cranmer
Sheriff Cranmer was shot and killed by a prisoner while checking on the man. The suspect was in the county jail for assault. A friend had slipped him a pistol. Two accomplices were arrested. The suspect was hanged for Sheriff Cranmer's murder on March 6, 1891.
Sheriff Cranmer was survived by his wife and four children. He was a Union Captain during the Civil War and served two terms in the Missouri General Assembly after the war.
Bio
- Age 54
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Handgun; .44 caliber
- Offender Executed in 1891
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