Deputy Constable Cline Tackett, Pike County Constable's Office, Kentucky

Deputy Constable Cline Tackett

Pike County Constable's Office, Kentucky

End of Watch Sunday, June 16, 1935

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Cline Tackett

Deputy Constable Cline Tackett was shot and killed as he and another deputy attempted to arrest three brothers for being drunk in public at Robinson Creek. All three were arrested. One, age 24, was charged with his murder. He had been paroled six months earlier after serving part of a 15 year term for the murder of a man in Floyd County on January 4, 1928.

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Age 38
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; Pistol
Offender Charged with murder

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cline tackett was my great grandfather. i heard many different stories of his death, mainly recall that he was taken home on a door to his children -lesta,lorna and son comas.
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roger dean tackett
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June 28, 2025