Bio & Incident Details
Age: 38
Tour: 8 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 9/27/1883
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Marshal Beck and Marshal Lewis Merritt were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect for whiskey violations. They located the man in a corn field in Muskogee County, Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). As they attempted to arrest the suspect and other men a shootout errupted and Marshal Beck and Marshal Merritt were fatally wounded.
Marshal Beck had been with the agency for eight years and was survived by his wife and two children.
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