Patrolman James Sweeney

James Sweeney

Patrolman James Sweeney and Patrolman Bert Brannon were shot and killed by a group of vagrants they had just arrested from the Kansas City Railroad yards.

They were walking the seven men to jail along with a third officer. As they neared the intersection of Second Street and Main Street, a half-block from the jail, one of the men suddenly produced a revolver and opened fire. Patrolman Sweeney and Patrolman Brannon were both fatally wounded.

Patrolman Sweeney is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Joplin, Missouri.