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| Undersheriff Martin Kempton
Graham County Sheriff's Office
Arizona
End of Watch: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, February 9, 1918
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life Undersheriff Kempton, Sheriff Robert McBride and Deputy Sheriff Kane Wooton were shot and killed as they approached a cabin where they intended to arrest two brothers and another man for draft evasion.
A month later the three suspects were captured by a U.S. Cavalry Patrol near Hachita, New Mexico.
Two of the suspects were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. One of them died in prison on January 24, 1957, at the age of 86. At the time he was Arizona's oldest prisoner. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
