In memory of
Charles Bell
1898
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- March 25, 1898, aged 46
Their life
Sheriff Charles Bell was shot and killed as he and his deputy attempted to arrest a drunken blacksmith. Sheriff Bell and the deputy went to the suspect’s home, and while upstairs, the suspect stormed in and shot Sheriff Bell. The deputy returned fire and killed the suspect. The deputy, George Washington Batton, was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 3, 1922, while serving as sheriff of Eddy County, New Mexico. Sheriff Bell had served with the Brown County Sheriff's Office for six years.
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He was survived by his wife and children.
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