226Killed in the line of duty of Jan, 2, 1932--Springfield---The Day that Six of Greene County's Finest Officials was killed.
Town Marshall of Ash Grove, Mo.
Deputy Sheriff of Springfield, Mo.


Oliver was killed in the line of duty. Town Marshall of Ash Grove and Deputy Sheriff of Springfield, MO. Sarah Ethel married Mr. Jennings in Morrisville, Mo. after all the kids were grown and left home. Quotion from Ethel Mae's daughter, Linda Mitchell, "When my mom was a little girl, she was poor and didn't have many toys. She'd always go up in the attic and play with her Dad's mug shots of Bonnie & Clyde, Ma Barker, Pretty Boy Floyd, etc. (Young brothers, too.) and they are the ones who reportedly killed Ollie in the shoot-out of Jan 2, 1932..

CROSSWHITE, Ollie - Detective - Springfield Police Department
Died: Jan. 2, 1932
837 Crosswhite was one of six lawmen killed in an ambush in Greene County by the Young Brothers. This tragedy still stands as the most law enforcement officers killed in a single crime incident in U.S.
history. Crosswhite was called on to accompany city police officials from Springfield on a raid on the Young farm house. When the shooting began, he tried to run to the back yard to get behind something, and then ran behind the house at a crouch. His body was found later that night doubled up with his arms clasped around his knees. He had taken refuge behind a cellar, where he had been wounded in the head but apparently not fatally, as he had used a handerchief to bind the wound. While he lay there helpless,
possibly unconscious, someone had come upon him and blasted him with a shotgun. The close range was obvious by the wadding which was embedded in his skull.

226Sarah Ethel Johnson married Mr. Jennings in Morrisville, Mo. after all the kids were grown and left home.