Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/22/1914
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1915
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Constable Silas Nance was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who had shot several people in Oakley. He was at home when he had been notified of the shooting. He located the suspect in Eskdale, where he was shot and killed.
The man fled the area but was arrested by a posse in Boone County the following day. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging on July 9, 1915.
