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Town Marshal Perry W. Haviland | Clay City Police Department, Indiana Clay City Police Department, Indiana

Town Marshal

Perry W. Haviland

Clay City Police Department, Indiana

End of Watch: Sunday, September 17, 1967

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 73

Tour: 5 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 9/17/1967

Weapon: Officer's handgun

Suspect: Apprehended

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Marshal Perry Haviland was shot and killed with his own weapon while struggling with a burglary suspect behind a Clay City store.

The suspect was later apprehended as a result of notes that Marshal Haviland had written down when he pulled his patrol car behind the suspect's vehicle.

Marshal Haviland had served with the Clay City Police Department for five years.

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"...I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham Lincoln..."

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