Roll of Honor
Incident
At approximately 2:45 p.m., City Marshal Marcus T. Cage was accidentally shot in the top of his head and mortally wounded by W.J. Schubert.
Marshal Cage was trying to assist W.D. Kitchens who was lying on the ground and had also just been shot by Schubert. Kitchens, a local businessman, and W.J. Schubert [or Shurbert], a man reported to be some type of detective, or deputy U.S. marshal from Grand Saline, Texas, had gotten into an argument and gunfight on Johnson Street in Mineola.
Schubert had previously filed some papers alleging that Kitchens had violated liquor laws. This was believed to be the reason for the argument and gunfight. After Marshal Cage was shot, Kitchens picked up a pistol and shot and instantly killed W.J. Schubert. N.M. Harpole, a bystander, was also wounded by the gunfire. City Marshal Cage never fired his weapon. Marshal Cage died three later from the gunshot wound at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 1903.
Cage was survived by his wife Laura. They had no children. They are both buried in the Mineola City Cemetery, Mineola, Texas.
Schubert had previously filed some papers alleging that Kitchens had violated liquor laws. This was believed to be the reason for the argument and gunfight. After Marshal Cage was shot, Kitchens picked up a pistol and shot and instantly killed W.J. Schubert. N.M. Harpole, a bystander, was also wounded by the gunfire. City Marshal Cage never fired his weapon. Marshal Cage died three later from the gunshot wound at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 1903.
Survivors
Cage was survived by his wife Laura.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
City Marshal Cage served with the Mineola Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, City Marshal Cage.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
City Marshal Marcus Tillman Cage is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Mineola Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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