Versailles Police Department, Kentucky
End of Watch: Sunday, June 17, 1883
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 17, 1883
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Pardoned in 1886
Town Marshal George Freeman was shot and killed by two brothers who held a grudge against him.
The subject alleged that the marshal killed their brother a year earlier. Both brothers were arrested.
The shooter was convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 years. On April 6, 1886, he was pardoned by Governor J. Proctor Knott. Governor Knott said there was evidence proving the jury was corrupt.
Town Marshal Freeman was a Civil War veteran assigned to an Indiana Regiment. He was survived by his wife and two children.
He is buried in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.