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Undersheriff

Martin Kempton

Graham County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

End of Watch: Saturday, February 9, 1918

Bio & Incident Details

Age: Not available

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 2/9/1918

Weapon: Rifle

Suspect: Sentenced to life

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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.

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		Sheriff Robert F. McBride Graham County Sheriff's Office, Arizona End of Watch: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Cause: Gunfire
		Deputy Sheriff Kane Wooten Graham County Sheriff's Office, Arizona End of Watch: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Cause: Gunfire

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