Bio & Incident Details
Age: 50
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 3/24/1862
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect: Executed on September 19, 1862
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Warden Webster died of wounds he received when he was stabbed at the Wethersfield State Prison. Approximately one week prior to the stabbing, Warden Webster had reprimanded the suspect, who was serving a life sentence for arson, for failing do complete his assigned prison work. On March 24, the suspect again refused to do his work and was sent to a room to await Warden Webster. When Warden Webster entered the suspect attacked him with a shoe knife, stabbing him two times, once in the side and once in the abdomen.
Warden Webster died from his wounds three days later.
Warden Webster was survived by his wife and four children. The Webster Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Connecticut, is named after Warden Webster.
