Cobleskill Police Department, New York
End of Watch Tuesday, November 27, 1900
Add to My HeroesMathew Wilson
Constable Mathew Wilson was shot and killed by a gang of burglars who passed through the town of Cobleskill.
Constable Wilson surprised the four subjects at the corner of West Main Street and Union Street as they were attempting to rob a bank. The subjects were eventually apprehended.
All four suspects were convicted of Constable Wilson's murder. Two were sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair, one on March 24, 1903, and the other on July 7, 1903. The third suspect was sentenced to life and died at Auburn Prison in March of 1914 from tuberculosis. The fourth suspect was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Bio
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Two executed in 1903
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