In memory of
Charles Hale
1874
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- October 7, 1874, aged 35
Their life
Location: Kansas
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Offender: Released
Special Officer Charles Hale was shot and killed in Hutchinson, Kansas, while attempting to arrest a man who was stealing coal from a railcar.
The man opened fire on Officer Hale with a pistol, fatally wounding him.
The subject was arrested but later released on a writ of habeas corpus.
Officer Hale was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife and one child.
What people have said
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