Posted By: chrismaslen May 8, 2021 @ 6:30 am Local News, News
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office will honor the memory of Deputy Benjamin Franklin Hill with a dedication ceremony on Sunday, May 9th at 1 p.m. at the Highland Cemetary (1005 N. Hillside Ave.)
Benjamin Franklin Hill, also known as Frank Hill, was born May 9th, 1876, and was killed in the line of duty during an attempted jailbreak at the Sedgwick County Historical Courthouse on August 1th, 1927.
Last year, it was learned that Deputy Hill’s gravesite did not have a headstone to mark his final resting place, and the Greater Wichita Ministerial League and the Honore Adversis Foundation donated the required funds to procure one.
Kansas deputy who died in the line of duty will get a headstone 94 years after death Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
May 6 The Sedgwick County Sheriff s Office is dedicating a new tombstone to a deputy who was killed in an attempted jailbreak nearly 94 years ago, but never had a headstone to mark his final resting place.
The gravesite dedication ceremony for Deputy Benjamin Franklin Hill s headstone will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Highland Cemetery, 1005 N. Hillside in Wichita.
Deputy Hill, who was known as Frank, died in the line of duty on Aug. 16, 1927, during an attempted jailbreak at the Sedgwick County Historical Courthouse.
Kansas deputy who died in the line of duty will get a headstone 94 years after death Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
May 6 The Sedgwick County Sheriff s Office is dedicating a new tombstone to a deputy who was killed in an attempted jailbreak nearly 94 years ago, but never had a headstone to mark his final resting place.
The gravesite dedication ceremony for Deputy Benjamin Franklin Hill s headstone will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Highland Cemetery, 1005 N. Hillside in Wichita.
Deputy Hill, who was known as Frank, died in the line of duty on Aug. 16, 1927, during an attempted jailbreak at the Sedgwick County Historical Courthouse.
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By - Associated Press - Thursday, May 6, 2021
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty nearly a century ago will have a tombstone installed on his grave this weekend.
The headstone for Deputy Benjamin Franklin Hill will be installed Sunday at Highland Cemetery in Wichita. Hill died on Aug. 16, 1927, during an attempted jailbreak at the Sedgwick County Historical Courthouse.
He is the only Black deputy in the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office to be killed on duty, The Wichita Eagle reported.