| Special Agent Robert Widdowfield
Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
Railroad Police
End of Watch: Monday, August 19, 1878 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: 1 day
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, August 19, 1878
Incident Location: Wyoming
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Lynched Special Agent Robert Widdowfield and Special Agent Henry Vincents were shot and killed killed from ambush while pursuing a suspected train robber in Carbon, Wyoming. The officers were ambushed and shot as they approached the suspect's campsite.
The suspect was later arrested and sentenced to death for the murders. Before being executed he was lynched by an angry mob.
Special Agent Widdowfield had been deputized that day to join a posse to search for the suspect. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
