Kansas deputy who died in the line of duty will get a headstone 94 years after death
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 jail...