Officer Rank: Special Deputy Sheriff
Department: Cumberland County, North Carolina, S.O.
End of Watch: 02/24/1923
Cause: Gunfire
Age: 42
Special Deputy Sheriff Callahan was shot by a bootlegger while standing guard over a cache of liquor. Deputy Callahan was transported to the hospital where he died a few hours later. His assailant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 20-30 years in prison.
