Deputy U.S. Marshal

Samuel L. L'Estrange

Felonious
End of Watch November 21, 1890
Age 50
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Samuel L'Estrange was shot and killed in Webster, Florida, while serving an arrest warrant on a man for postal violations in which the suspect had sent threatening post cards to government officials in Washington, DC.

The suspect was convicted of the postal violations but not charged with Deputy Marshal L'Estrange's murder.

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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal L'Estrange served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 21, 1890
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Samuel is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1890, 65 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 113th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Samuel was 50. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel L. L'Estrange

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch November 21, 1890

Where the Name Is Cut

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