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Deputy Game Warden Joseph Saunders | Oregon Game Commission, Oregon
Oregon Game Commission, Oregon

Deputy Game Warden

Joseph Saunders

Oregon Game Commission, Oregon

End of Watch: Friday, August 29, 1930

Biographical Info

Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 29, 1930
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Deputy Game Warden Joseph Saunders and Police Officer Oscar Duley, of the Eugene Police Department, were shot and killed while conducting a liquor raid with several Lane County sheriff's deputies in Marcola, Oregon.

The subject who murdered them was shot and killed near Eugene, Oregon, on November 25th, 1930, by other officers who had been searching for him.