William McCain

Death by Force

Deputy Sheriff William L. McCain, aged 49, served with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office in Wetumpka, Alabama, for four years. On October 6, 1906, he was ambushed and fatally shot by a juvenile offender seeking retaliation for a prior arrest. The assailant was convicted of Deputy McCain's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, on November 28, 1912, Governor Emmet O'Neal pardoned the individual. Deputy McCain was survived by his wife and nine children.

Deputy Sheriff William L. McCain

Prattville Police Officer Clinton Earl Walker Remembered; He Died ...

    ...View 3 additional sources