Patrolman John G. Pfaffenberger

John G. Pfaffenberger

Patrolman John Pfaffenberger succumbed to gunshot wounds suffered two days earlier while attempting to arrest two suspects who had stolen gas from a service station on U.S. 50. He had set up a roadblock at the intersection of U.S. 50 and U.S. 31 to stop the vehicle. When the suspects encountered the roadblock, they opened fire on the officer, mortally wounding him.

The three suspects fled the scene and later in the day shot Deputy Harold Amick of the Scott County Sheriff's Department, who succumbed to his wounds the following day.

Three suspects were apprehended and convicted of Deputy Amick's murder. Two offenders were sentenced to life in prison, and the shooter was sentenced to death. On October 9, 1934, he was executed by electrocution.

Patrolman Pfaffenberger was a United States World War Army veteran. He was survived by his wife and five children.