Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 1 day
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Wyoming
Incident Date: 8/19/1878
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Lynched
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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. He is buried in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming.
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