Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 2 days
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/14/1882
Weapon: Officer's handgun
Suspect: Executed in 1883
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Deputy Blake was shot and killed after arresting a man for stealing an ox. He was taking the man to appear before a magistrate when the man attacked him, disarmed him, and then shot him with his own service weapon.
The suspect fled the area but was later arrested in Halifax County. He was convicted of Deputy Blake's murder, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging on August 27, 1883.
Deputy Blake had been deputized the day before the incident in order to serve the warrant.
