Chief Deputy Paul Mankin was shot and killed when he and other officers attempted to arrest two suspects.

   Both of the men had just robbed a woman of 55 cents and attempted to attack her near the Wabash River Bridge. As Chief Deputy Mankin exited his patrol car to approach the suspects one of them stepped back and shot three times, striking Chief Deputy Mankin in the chest, killing him instantly.

   A 35-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and he was subsequently sentenced to 5 to 21 years in prison for armed robbery and assault.

   The 28-year-old shooter fled the scene and was later apprehended in Paris, Illinois. He was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. On January 14, 1938, he was executed by electrocution at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

   Chief Deputy Mankin, from Terre Haute, was survived by his wife and two sons.