Deputy Sheriff John Henry “Frank” Keller

While supervising a chain gang at a quarry, a prisoner struck Deputy Keller in the head with a pick axe. The prisoner then stole Deputy Keller's revolver but was shot and wounded by another deputy before he could escape.

Deputy Sheriff Keller was taken to his home on Robberson Avenue where he died later that evening.

The subject who murdered Deputy Sheriff Keller served less than nine years of his 99-year sentence, being pardoned by Governor Alexander Monroe Dockery on May 3, 1904. He had been serving a 90-day sentence for petty larceny at the time of the attack on Deputy Keller.