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Night Marshal Arthur Goeglein | Telluride Marshal's Office, Colorado
Telluride Marshal's Office, Colorado

Night Marshal

Arthur Goeglein

Telluride Marshal's Office, Colorado

End of Watch: Sunday, July 31, 1910

Biographical Info

Age: 22
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 31, 1910
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Sentenced to 8 years

Night Marshal Arthur Goeglein was shot and killed while attempting to break up a fight at a dance hall. One of the men involved in the fight shot him several times.

The suspect was apprehended six weeks later in Farmington, New Mexico. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years. On January 14, 1912, he escaped from a road work camp in Larimer County. Four days later he was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff in Albany County, Wyoming, when he resisted arrest.

Marshal Goeglein had served with the Telluride Marshal's Office for one year.