Kern County Sheriff's Office, California
End of Watch Thursday, November 6, 1873
Add to My HeroesWilliam Stewart Mettler
Constable Mettler was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant near Tehachepi. The man who killed him was a member of a gang of desperados whose leader was Tiburcio Vasquez one of California's most notorious bandits
A member of the gang shot and killed Constable William H. Hardmount of the Monteray Constable's Office on September 2, 1854. The gang roamed Southern California robbing and killing from 1854 until 1874 when Vasquez was captured. Vasquez who blamed all the murders on members of his gang was hanged in 1875.
Bio
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Not available
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