Today, we remember Cheraw South Carolina Town Marshal William H. H. Richards, Easley Police Department Chief of Police Walter C. Holcombe, and Myrtle Beach Police Department Police Officer Henry Howard Scarborough.
On this date in 1884, Town Marshal William Richards was shot and mortally wounded by a man whom he attempted to arrest for being drunk and disruptive.
On this date in 1921, Chief of Police Walter Holcombe was shot and killed after he and several other officers went to investigate reports of several hobos along Higgins Creek near the Alice Cotton Mill.
On this date in 1949, Police Officer Henry Scarborough was shot and killed while he and his partner transported a suspect to police headquarters.
