Edmund L. Schweppe

Deputy U.S. Marshal

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Edmund L. Schweppe

1952

Killed that day
September 15, 1952, aged 47

Their life

Deputy Marshal Edmund Schweppe was shot and killed after he escorted two prisoners to a dentist office in downtown Tucson, Arizona. While in the office one grabbed his service revolver from his holster and shot him in the back.

Both suspects, 20 and 27, were apprehended by local officers after they escaped. They were both convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in Leavenworth.

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