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Corrections Officer Joseph F. "Joe" Wilkerson, aged 51, was fatally shot on April 23, 1906, in Rusk, Texas. He was a member of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division. The incident occurred when a train transporting 149 convicts and 24 guards from the prison in Rusk was uncoupled by one of the convicts. As the train was ordered to stop, two convicts fled towards the woods, prompting fifteen to twenty guards to open fire. In the ensuing chaos, Officer Wilkers ...Read More
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Corrections Joseph F. Joe
Male
Rusk
TX
1906-04-23
51
Joseph
Wilkerson
11/07/2025
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I was reading about the tragic incident involving Officer Joe Wilkerson, and it really struck me how... ...Read More
07/31/2024
07/31/2024
I was reading about the tragic incident involving Corrections Officer Joseph Wilkerson, and what sta... ...Read More
10/31/2023
10/31/2023
I've been thinking a lot about the procedures that were in place during the incident that led to Off... ...Read More
08/20/2023
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