James Vernon

Murdered
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On January 13, 1901, Deputy Sheriff James Vernon Fish, aged 42, was fatally shot in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, while attempting to arrest three men suspected of attending a cockfight. After sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Deputy Fish was transported to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later, on January 16, 1901.

Born on November 16, 1859, in Coventry, Rhode Island, James Vernon Fish was the son of Joshua Slocum Fish and Ma ...Read More
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  • Deputy Sheriff James Vernon Fish

    • Victim Details

    James Vernon

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    West-greenwich

    RI

    1901-01-13

    42

    James

    Vernon

    11/27/2024

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