In memory of
Arthur A. Doubledee
1916
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- October 12, 1916, aged 38
Their life
Deputy Marshal Doubledee was stabbed to death after he and another deputy marshal arrested two escapees from the Kenmore Jail at the intersection of Steiner Street and Sweitzer Street in Akron.
The stabbing occurred when the officers and their prisoners boarded a street car to return to Kenmore. Deputy Marshal Doubledee was stabbed in the back and face. He died en route to the hospital.
His 19-year-old subject was arrested and charged with his murder.
The badge displayed on this memorial is Deputy Marshal Doubledee's actual badge.
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