Type of Officer: City Marshal
Jurisdiction: Fall River
County: Greenwood
Death Date: 4/5/1930
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death: Gunshot
City Marshal Yoakum ordered Henry Giles, who was drinking and creating a disturbance, to leave town. Giles later returned armed with a double-barreled shotgun. When the marshal was informed that Giles was back, he met him in the street and ordered him to surrender. They both fired and Yoakum was killed instantly.
Panel: 14