Charles A Cavanagh

Birth: 1887
Death: 16 Mar 1934 (aged 46–47)
Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery

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Undersheriff Cavanagh, along with Sheriff VanAntwerp and two deputies responded to a man with a gun call on the south side of Port Huron. When Cavanagh approached to remove a gun from the suspect's waistband, he produced another weapon and shot the Undersheriff. In the resulting gun fight, the suspect was also killed and five other subjects wounded. The suspect, Herbert Youngblood, had been linked to none other than John Dillinger.

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William A Cavanagh

1859–1938
Alice Isabel Presley Cavanagh

1861–1938

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Jean M Drake Cavanagh

1891–1961 (m. 1916)

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St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
Michigan
End of Watch: Friday, March 16, 1934

Biographical Info
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 22 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, March 16, 1934
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Undersheriff Cavanagh was shot and killed after responding to a call about a man brandishing a handgun in a grocery store. When he arrived on the scene the two exchanged shots and both Undersheriff Cavanagh and the suspect were killed. The suspect had escaped from an Indiana jail with John Dillinger 13 days earlier.

Undersheriff Cavanagh had served in law enforcement for 22 years. He was survived by his wife and child.

Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934.

Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents.

The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison.

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EOW: Thursday, October 12, 1933
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EOW: Monday, December 11, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant William T. Shanley
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Trooper Eugene Teague
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Wednesday, December 20, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman William Patrick O'Malley
East Chicago Police Department, IN
EOW: Monday, January 15, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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United States Department of Justice - F..., US
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Francis Lloyd Mulvihill
East Chicago Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Martin J. O'Brien
East Chicago Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Howard C. Wagner
South Bend Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Agent Herman E. Hollis
United States Department of Justice - F..., US
EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Agent Samuel P. Cowley
United States Department of Justice - F..., US
EOW: Wednesday, November 28, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Chief of Police Franklin Pierce Culp
Fostoria Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1950
Cause of Death: Gunfire

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