Sheriff C. Roy Kelly

C. Roy Kelly

Sheriff C. Roy Kelly was shot and killed by two members of the Barker Gang while investigating a suspicious car. One of the suspects was responsible for the murder of Chief Manley Jackson, of the Pocahontas Police Department, Arkansas.

This suspect was later shot and killed by FBI agents. The second suspect was apprehended and committed suicide in 1979.

Sheriff Kelly was survived by his wife.

The Barker-Karpis Gang committed violent crimes throughout the American Midwest in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Members and associates of the gang were responsible for the murders of at least ten law enforcement officers.