Burnside Police Department, Kentucky
End of Watch: Monday, November 15, 1926
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 7, 1926
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Pardoned in 1933
Marshal Charlie Wright was shot and mortally while attempting to arrest a man for public drunkeness. He died eight days later.
The suspect was arrested, convicted of Marshal Wright's murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was pardoned by Acting Governor A. B. Chandler March 4, 1933.
Marshal Wright had been appointed marshal only six months earlier when his predecessor, Marshal Hiram Gregory, was shot and killed in the line of duty, while also attempting to arrest a man for public drunkeness.