Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 6 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/23/1898
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Sheriff Bell was shot and killed as he and his deputy attempted to arrest a drunken blacksmith. Sheriff Bell and the deputy went to the suspect’s home and while upstairs the suspect stormed in and shot Sheriff Bell. The deputy returned fire and killed the suspect.
The deputy, George Washington Batton, was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 3, 1922, while serving as sheriff of Eddy County, New Mexico.
Sheriff Bell was survived by his wife and children.




