Bio & Incident Details
Age: 52
Tour: 11 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/16/1925
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Lynched by mob
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Marshal James Burns was shot and killed by a man who the marshal had confiscated several firearms from. The suspect fled to a cabin where he was discovered two days later. The man was lynched by an angry mob.
Marshal Burns had served with the agency for five years and had served as sheriff of Sanpete County for the previous six years. He was survived by his wife and six children.
His father, James Christopher Burns, had been shot and killed in the line of duty on September 26, 1894, while serving as sheriff of the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department.
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