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Lieutenant Raymond L. Corbitt
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department
Railroad Police

End of Watch: Sunday, March 26, 1922

Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, March 24, 1922
Incident Location: Alabama
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1922

Lieutenant Corbitt succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier, when he caught two suspects burglarizing freight train No. 212 in the railroad's yards in Troy, Alabama.

One of the suspects was apprehended the following morning, convicted of his murder, and hung on June 23, 1922. The second suspect was arrested by railroad detectives in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 5, 1924. He was returned to Troy to face trial for Lieutenant Corbitt's murder.

Lieutenant Corbitt was survived by his wife and two young daughters.

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