| 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: Executed Special Agent Widdowfield and Special Agent Henry Vincent were killed when they were ambushed while pursuing a suspect from a train robbery in Carbon, Wyoming. As the officers approached the suspect's campsite they were ambushed by the suspect. The suspect was later arrested and hanged.
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 | 
