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| Deputy Sheriff Edwin P. Daniels
St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
Missouri
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 17, 1874 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, March 17, 1874
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: One shot and killed Deputy Daniels was shot and killed as he and two Pinkerton private detectives searched for members of the James Younger Gang. They were wanted for a train robbery that occurred three months earlier. The three men were following a trail about three miles from the town of Roscoe when they were ambushed by the two Younger brothers. When the suspects told the men to drop their weapons, Deputy Daniels shot and killed one of them.
The other brother returned fire with a double-barreled shotgun, striking Deputy Daniels in the chest. He then shot and wounded one of the railroad detectives with the other barrel. The suspect then shot and fatally wounded Deputy Daniels with a pistol before fleeing the scene. He was later sentenced to 25 years in a Minnesota prison for a bank robbery and committed suicide after being paroled in 1901.
The brother who was shot and killed was wanted in Texas for the double murder of Deputy James McMahan and Deputy Charles Nichols, of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, on January 16, 1871. The Younger Gang was also connected to the death of Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Officer Frank West in 1886 by the husband of Bell Starr, an accomplice of the Younger Gang. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
