Polk County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
End of Watch: Saturday, October 30, 1926
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 30, 1926
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Paroled in 1960
Deputy Sheriff Dewey Marshall was shot and killed while accompanying the sheriff of Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, to serve a warrant that had been issued on a man in Mitchellville, Iowa.
When the officers arrived at the man's rented farmhouse one-half mile northwest of Mitchellville, the man fatally shot Deputy Marshall and wounded the Pettis County sheriff. The man took Deputy Marshall's weapon and fled into a field.
The suspect, who was wanted on a hog stealing charge, surrendered himself to the sheriff ten days later. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on December 17th, 1926. He was paroled in January of 1960.
Deputy Marshall, a crack-shot WWI Army veteran, was survived by his wife and four-year-old daughter.