Traffic Officer Paul H. Jowell, Hereford Police Department, Texas

Traffic Officer Paul H. Jowell

Hereford Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Saturday, May 28, 1927

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Paul H. Jowell

Traffic Officer Paul Jowell succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when his motorcycle and a car collided on Third Street.

The car he collided with attempted to turn left into a garage, causing the collision.

Officer Jowell was riding the same police motorcycle that Traffic Officer Ralph Rutherford was riding when he was killed in a motorcycle crash two months earlier.

Officer Jowell was survived by his parents. His father was a former sheriff of Deaf Smith County.

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Incident Details

Cause Motorcycle crash
Incident Date Friday, May 27, 1927

routine driving

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You were my father's beloved older brother and though you died many years before I was born, I cherish the memory of you, my Uncle Paul, and admire your desire to serve the public and uphold the law.

Chrystie Jowell
Niece

February 17, 2022