United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Friday, November 21, 1890
Age: 50
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 21, 1890
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Marshal Samuel L'Estrange was shot and killed in Webster, Florida, while serving an arrest warrant on a man for postal violations in which the suspect had sent threatening post cards to government officials in Washington, DC.
The suspect was convicted of the postal violations but not charged with Deputy Marshal L'Estrange's murder.