Deputy Sheriff Delos C. Wood

Delos C. Wood

Deputy Wood was shot and killed as he and several other deputies attempted to arrest a man at the man's home.

The suspect was convicted of Deputy Wood's murder and sentenced to death. On January 11, 1935, an angry mob stormed his jail cell and shot him to death after the Supreme Court granted him a new trial.

Deputy Wood had served with the Washington Parish Sheriff's Department for 8 years. He was survived by his wife.