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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPortrait of Jacksonville Police Department Detective Benjamin Franklin Hagan.
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Born on January 10, 1873 near Melrose, Florida. Married Mary Ann Crosby on April 1, 1894. Joined the Jacksonville Police Department around 1908. He was fatally shot while attempting to arrest a "negro desperado" (Emmett Washington) engaged in armed robbery on August 6, 1917. Detective Hagan died on August 10, 1917. His name is inscribed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. (East Wall, Panel 58, Line 13).
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