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Town Marshal

Sam Casebier

Hartford Police Department — Hartford, KY

Felonious

End of Watch December 24, 1898

Age 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Town Marshal Sam Casebier was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a man who had interfered in another arrest.

Marshal Casebier was attempting to arrest a drunk and disorderly man when the second subject pulled out a large dirk. Upon seeing the knife Marshal Casebier informed the man he was under arrest as well. As he the marshal grabbed his arm he was stabbed several times in the upper body.

The suspect was taken into custody. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was released on December 3, 1903, and died two months later from tuberculosis.

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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Town Marshal Casebier served with the Hartford Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Hartford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Hartford Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Hartford, Ohio County, KY

Platform Identity hpd.ohio.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 24, 1898

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Stabbed

Weapon Edged weapon; Dirk

Town Marshal Sam Casebier 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 KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 76.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Hartford Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

KY — Statewide

755

of 983 officers

76.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sam Casebier's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How Sam Casebier Compares

Age at Death

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Sam Casebier is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,517

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Sam Casebier was killed by edged weapon; dirk.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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