United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Tuesday, October 19, 1897
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Fall
Date of Incident: October 19, 1897
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Collector Marion Tatum died after falling from a railroad trestle in Athens, Georgia.
The train he was riding on stopped short of the station. As he steppe off of the train he fell from the trestle into the North Oconee River 75-feet below.
Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.