Deputy Sheriff George Frank S. Griffin

George Frank S. Griffin

Deputy George Griffin and his father, Jailer Barry Griffin, were shot and killed by a group of men who rode into Richmond to rob the Hughes and Wasson Bank on West Main Street.

The Mayor of Richmond was also killed in the robbery.

It is believed that the shooters were part of the James-Younger gang, who shot and killed Deputy Edwin Daniels, of the St. Clair County, Missouri, Sheriff's Department, on March 17, 1874. The James-Younger Gang was also connected to the death of Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Officer Frank West in 1886 by the husband of Bell Starr, an accomplice of the James-Younger Gang.

Deputy Griffin had served in the Civil War and was survived by his mother.

He was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.