Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Valley FallsCounty: JeffersonDeath Date: 1/6/1883Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotThe night prior to Weiser’s death, Charles Cobb and another man had argued after a lyceum presentation, Cobb shot at the...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: CaldwellCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 6/22/1882Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotBrown was at the Red Light saloon attempting to disarm two brothers, Steve and Jess Green, for violation of the Caldwell gun...
Type of Officer: Special PolicemanJurisdiction: CaldwellCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 12/17/1881Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotBeing threatened by a group of about five cowboys, former city marshal Meagher went to Caldwell City Marshal John Wilson...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Lyon CountyCounty: LyonDeath Date: 8/4/1881Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: StabbingDeputy Spillman had escorted an inmate named Edward Johnson to Johnson’s former apartment at the latter’s request to look for...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: AtchisonCounty: AtchisonDeath Date: 10/27/1879Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn October 26, 1879, a drunken man who was attempting to buy more liquor at a local saloon was refused service. The man...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: ChetopaCounty: LabetteDeath Date: 8/25/1878Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotInformed that a John Richmond was in possession of a stolen mule and was heading for Missouri, Marshal Clift, who was also a...
