Officer James D. Snipes died from a gunshot wound received the day before.
Category: Fallen Officers
Shortly before midnight, Saturday, October 5, 1902, Scofield City Marshal Hugh Hunter responded to the location of a loud party.
Sheriff Jesse Tyler and Deputy Samuel F. Jenkins were murdered 20 miles north of Thompson Springs, in Grand County.
Deputy Samuel F. Jenkins and Grand County Sheriff Jesse Tyler were murdered 20 miles north of Thompson Springs.
Officer William Strong was murdered by a transient he arrested in the city train yard.
Captain William A. Brown was shot to death while attempting to arrest an armed robber.
Marshal Silas E. Clark died from an accidental gunshot wound.
Deputy Edward N. Dawes and Echo City Constable Thomas A. Stagg were killed in a gun battle near the Wyoming border.
Constable Thomas A. Stagg and Uinta County (WY) Deputy Edward N. Dawes were killed in a gun battle near the Wyoming border.
Officer John C. Morrissey was accidentally shot to death by a fellow officer.