Deputy Sheriff Allen Butler Henderson

Allen Butler Henderson

Deputy Sheriff Allen Henderson, Deputy Sheriff William Henderson, and Deputy Sheriff Charles Williams were shot and killed while riding on a posse in an attempt to arrest four bank robbery suspects. The suspects had fled into the Everglades and were pursued by the posse.

After the initial shooting, the suspect fled to the western part of the state where two of them were killed and the other two apprehended.

Deputy Allen Henderson and Deputy William Henderson were brothers.