City Marshal William J. Talbott

William J. Talbott

City Marshal William Talbott was shot and killed by a local merchant he was attempting to arrest for public drunkenness. After the shooting the suspect gave himself up and was lodged in the Rush County Jail.

A week later the suspect was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life.

City Marshal Talbott was survived by his wife and four children. He was a soldier for the north during the last year of the Civil War.