Theodore W. Moses

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch December 6, 1869

Age 29

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 312

Incident

Deputy Marshal Theodore Moses was shot and killed as he slept. Deputy Marshal Moses had gone to Camden County, Missouri to arrest a man suspected of illegal distilling. He went to the suspect's home with the intent of taking him into custody, but discovered that the suspect was out hunting and was not expected back until later. Because of the late hour, Deputy Marshal Moses retired to his room in the hopes of catching the suspect the following day. During the night, the suspect, who had gotten word that a warrant was out for him, crept into Deputy Marshal Moses's lodgings and shot him in his sleep. He then muttered that no one was going to arrest him and fled. Deputy Marshal Moses succumbed to his wounds within a half hour. The innkeeper, who overheard the suspect say that he would not be arrested now that Deputy Marshal Moses was dead, alerted authorities. After a six month manhunt, Marshals tracked the suspect to Arkansas, where he was arrested on June 10, 1870, and brought back to Missouri to face murder charges. On September 23, 1870, he escaped from the Warrensburg Jail. Deputy Marshal Moses was a Union Lieutenant-Quartermaster in the 14th Missouri State Militia Calvary, Companies F and S during the Civil War.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Moses served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

Type Federal Agency

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 6, 1869

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Theodore W. Moses served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy U.S. Marshal Theodore W. Moses is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,587 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 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 53.9%.

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.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

251

of 313 officers

80.2% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,587 officers

53.9% Felonious