Bio & Incident Details
Age: 54
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/17/1937
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Constable William Wathen and Sheriff Lawrence Smoyer were shot and killed while investigating a farmer's report of two suspicious men hiding behind haystacks in his meadow, 23 miles northwest of Albion.
The two suspects opened fire when the officers approached them. Sheriff Smoyer died at the scene and Constable Wathen succumbed to his wounds five months later. The suspects were never identified.
In 1965 a monument was erected as a tribute to both officers on the spot where they were killed.
Constable Wathen was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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