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Constable

Jasper Newton Lemasters

Wetzel County Constable's Office — New Martinsville, WV

Felonious

End of Watch November 17, 1895

Age 40

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Constable Jasper Lemasters was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a wanted man near Lynn Camp in Marshall County, West Virginia.

The man had escaped from the county jail three months earlier while serving a sentence for stealing from Baltimore & Ohio Railroad freight cars. Constable Lemasters deputized two civilians after learning of the man's whereabouts. The man opened fire on the officers as they attempted to arrest him, killing Constable Lemasters and wounding one of the deputized civilians.

Constable Lemasters was survived by his wife, six children, and several siblings.

Survivors

Constable Lemasters was survived by his wife, six children, and several siblings.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Lemasters served with the Wetzel County Constable's Office.
Thank you for your service to the New Martinsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Wetzel County Constable's Office

Location New Martinsville, WV

Platform Identity wcco.wetzel.wv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 1895

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Constable Jasper Newton Lemasters 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 WV, 169 of 232 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 72.8% of this state's fallen. That is 18.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

Wetzel County Constable's Office

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

WV — Statewide

169

of 232 officers

72.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jasper Newton Lemasters's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Jasper Newton Lemasters Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jasper Newton Lemasters is highlighted in Nov.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,517

May

1,505

Jun

1,443

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,553

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jasper Newton Lemasters was killed by gun; unknown type.

Gun; Unknown type

5,083

Handgun

2,077

Shotgun

922

Officer's handgun

909

Automobile; Alcohol involved

530

Rifle

518