Patrolman Clark Minor Irven

Clark Minor Irven

Patrolman Clark Irven was beaten to death by a man he had arrested and was escorting to jail.

Patrolman Irven was investigating a domestic disturbance involving the suspect and his wife when he placed the suspect under arrest when he refused to quite down. Just outside of the jail the suspect began resisting the officer, grabbed a sandbag and struck Patrolman Irven twice. The blows produced a concussion of the brain and lungs from which the officer died an hour later.

The suspect was convicted of Patrolman Irven's murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison. He was pardoned by Governor Dockery in 1903.

Patrolman Irven was survived by his wife, mother, and seven children.