Jon C. Tarpy

Death by Force

In the late winter of 1907, the town of Winchester, Kentucky, was troubled by a series of burglaries. The local police, led by Chief Jon C. Tarpy, a 42-year-old male with 12 years of service to the department, had identified a suspect. On the evening of Saturday, March 23rd, Chief Tarpy, accompanied by several of his officers, went to the suspect's home to make an arrest. The man let the officers into his residence, and what began as a routine attempt to take a suspect into custody quickly escal ...Read More