U.S. Army · United States 
Charles Hale
1874
Charles Hale served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
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.
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.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one child.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Also Served
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department
Special Officer
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