Section: | 71 |
Space: | 5 |
Lot: | 3 |
Spouse: | Mary |
Occupation: | Government |
Comments: | Dep. Sheriff killed in action |
Owner: | Gassman-Pagonis |
Area: | 0 |
Escambia County Deputy sheriff killed in the line of duty while serving a warrant on a home on 9th Ave. He was stabbed 13 times by Augustus King, a black man. He was subsequently arrested by the FL highway patrol. King was sentenced to death, but upon appeal got a life sentence. He himself was murdered in jail by his cellmate 25 years later. |