Town Marshal William Smiley
End of Watch: Tue, Feb 4th, 1896
Date of Incident: Tue, Feb 4th, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: Not Known
Age: Not Known
Survivors
His wife and three children
Incident
Marshal Smiley was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men for being drunk in public. The men had been harassing Marshal Smiley for a previous arrest of one of their relatives. When the marshal informed them they would be arrested too one of the men produced a gun and shot Marshal Smiley, killing him.
The two men fled the area after the shooting.
Marshal Smiley had been elected as marshal only two weeks earlier. He was survived by his wife and three children.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
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