Marshal Casper Zweifel

Casper Zweifel

Marshal Casper Zweifel was stabbed to death while escorting a prisoner to the town jail.

The man had been arrested for passing counterfeit silver dollars in a local saloon. As they walked to jail the man pulled out a knife with a 4-inch blade and stabbed Marshal Zweifel twice in the groin, severing his femoral artery. He bled to death within several minutes.

The subject fled the scene and was never apprehended.

Marshal Zweifel was a U.S. Army veteran. He was survived by his wife.