From William T. Martin, History of Franklin County, Ohio, (Columbus, 1858), Chapter XLI (41), page 426-427.

On the 27th of April, 1854, Cyrus Beebe, one of the city police, was killed by William Jones, alias William Morgan.  Jones had committed some burglaries in Licking County, and had been arrested, but made his escape, and was pursued by the Licking County officers, who supposed him to be at the Scioto Hotel, in Columbus.  Beebe, by request, accompanied them to aid in making the arrest.  Jones refused to surrender.  Several pistol shots were fired on both sides, when Beebe was shot dead by Jones, who ran and made his escape from the crowd.

The city Council caused him to be advertised, and a reward of $500 offered for his apprehension.  No certain intelligence was ever had of him until the summer of 1857, when he was arrested in Wisconsin, and brought to the Franklin County jail.  In November, 1857, he had his trial in the Court of Common Pleas, and was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary during life.