In memory of

Charles Hale

1874

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.

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