End of Watch:
April 15, 1922
Age: 26
Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Homicide: Shotgun
Deputy Gordon A. Stuart was killed while serving a court order on a farm in Welby (West Jordan).
Deputy Stuart, three other deputies, and the plaintiff in the court case went to the farm to seize some stock. While discussing the court order with the suspect in his home, the suspect picked up a shotgun and killed Deputy Stuart. He then pursued and killed the plaintiff. The man surrendered several hours later. He was found guilty and executed by firing squad in 1923. The suspect’s wife was tried four separate times for her complicity in the homicides but was ultimately found not guilty. Deputy Stuart had been a police officer for 18 months. He was married and had a 2-month-old son. He is buried in Sandy City Cemetery.
The bronze memorial name plaque of Deputy Gordon A. Stuart is sponsored by Sgt. (ret.) Jack W. Boberg, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.