Sheriff Henry W. Epperson
Bradford County Sheriff's Office
End of Watch: January 20, 1890
Sheriff Epperson was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a gamble at Lake Butler. Sheriff Epperson and a detective from Waycross, Georgia were searching for another man when they encountered the suspect. Sheriff Epperson decided to arrest the man on other charges and was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire. The suspect was convicted of Sheriff Epperson's murder and sentenced to death. he escaped before the sentence could be carried out and it is unknown if he was ever recaptured.
Sheriff Epperson took office after his father, Sheriff George Epperson was shot and killed on December 12, 1884.
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