Constable William Lear

William Lear

Constable William Lear succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while quest questioning a man who had threatened a boy.

The boy was threatened after his hogs had gotten into the man's nearby cornfield in the Bear Wallow section of Madison County. The man told the boy if he didn't remove the hogs within five minutes he would kill him. As Constable Lear attempted to talk to the man he was immediately shot. Despite being mortally wounded, he was able to return fire and killed the subject.

Constable Lear was survived by his wife and nine children.