Roll of Honor
Joseph Henry Schubert
Incident
Location: Montana Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Shot and killed
Special Deputy Marshal Henry Schubert was shot and killed while attempting to arrest four train robbers near Midvale (current-day East Glacier).
A United States deputy marshal tracked four suspects who had robbed a train on August 25th, 1893, to the Blackfeet reservation. Deputy Marshal Schubert had spoken to the subjects when they stopped at his restaurant in Blackfoot. Deputy Marshal Schubert was deputized to assist the deputy marshal in enlisting the Blackfeet Indian Police's aid to arrest the men. The deputies and officers found the subjects in a cabin eating breakfast and attempted to take them into custody. One subject, who was hiding, shot Deputy Marshal Schubert and one of the Blackfeet police officers.
Deputy Marshal Schubert succumbed to his gunshot wounds at 9 pm. The Blackfeet police officer survived his injuries.
The suspects fled but were later located by a posse. One of the men was killed and one was mortally wounded. The wounded man died a few days after confessing to the robbery and naming the shooter of Deputy Marshal Schubert. Another man was killed in a shootout weeks later. Only one subject was apprehended.
Deputy Marshal Schubert had served with the United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service for two days.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, two brothers, and five sisters.
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Special Deputy Marshal Schubert served with the United States Department of Justice.
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Incident Details
Special Deputy Marshal Joseph Henry Schubert is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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How Joseph Henry Schubert Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Joseph Henry Schubert was killed by gun; unknown type.
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