Milam County Constable's Office - Precinct 7, Texas
End of Watch: Saturday, February 27, 1886
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 27, 1886
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Constable Francis Norman was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man wanted for cattle theft in Falls County.
He was at a local store in Cameron, Texas, with two other officers asking about the subject's whereabouts when the man rode up to the store on his horse. When Constable Norman told the man he was under arrest the subject opened fire with a revolver. Constable Norman and the subject were both killed in the gunfire.
Constable Norman had served as the elected constable of Milam County's Precinct 7 for eight years. He was survived by his wife and four children.