At midnight on February 7, 1903, Bristol
Tennessee Police Officer Houston Childress
was shot to death by Bristol Virginia Police
Officer Grat Walk.

It happened on State Street due to animosity. 
There was a quarrel between the two.  Walk
hid for a week before surrendering for arrest. 
Held without bond, Walk was placed in the
Sullivan County jail in Blountville.  He managed
to gain the confidence of jailers by providing
information about an attempted jailbreak. One
night, he was allowed to step outside for a
breather following complaints of being ill.  He
disappeared for seven years.

In 1910, Walk was finally arrested in Spokane,
Washington and was returned for trial. Walk
was found guilty of second-degree murder and
sentenced to 20 years in prison.  After service
part of his sentence, Walk was released and
later killed in a railroad crossing accident.

Officer Clarence Maines

Officer Clarence Luther Maines died at King's
Mountain Hospital on October 25, 1926, after
being shot by Jake Shankle. 

Maines arrested Shankle on public intoxication
charges and failed to find a small gun in Shankle's
pocket.Near the Police Station, without warning,
Shankle fired a shot into Maines' side.  In bad
shape, but capable of hitting Shankle over the 
head and knocking him down, Maines sat on 
Shankle, pinning him to the ground until help
arrived. 

On February 2, 1927, Shankle was found guilty
of first degree murder and sentenced to life in
prison.  Shankle reportedly died in prison.