Cleveland Kemp
Sunday, 7 June 1914
Railroad Detective Cleveland Kemp was killed after being
struck in the back of the head with an iron pick while patrolling the rail yards
at Silver Grove, Kentucky.
He was regularly assigned to Cincinnati but
had been sent to Silver Grove due to a rash of box car thefts that had occurred
there. He was seen following two hobos along the tracks at approximately 2:00
am.
He wasn't seen again until his body was located by two boys after
daybreak. He had been stabbed in the back of the head with an iron pick, which
was found nearby. His body was placed in a ditch and covered with cinders.
Detective Kemp was survived by his wife and one child.