U.S. Army · United States 
Linus Shaw
1910
Linus A. Shaw served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Edged weapon
What Happened
Sergeant Linus Shaw succumbed to stab wounds sustained on October 4th, 1892, while attempting to arrest a man in the Bemis area of Watertown.
The man he arrested pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed him several times in the leg, groin, and chest. Despite his wounds, he was able to complete the arrest and walk the subject to the police station.
One of the stab wounds injured a rib. He developed complications from the injury to the rib and died as a result on February 7th, 1910.
Sergeant Shaw was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War and had served with the Watertown Police Department for 32 years.
The man he arrested pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed him several times in the leg, groin, and chest. Despite his wounds, he was able to complete the arrest and walk the subject to the police station.
One of the stab wounds injured a rib. He developed complications from the injury to the rib and died as a result on February 7th, 1910.
Sergeant Shaw was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War and had served with the Watertown Police Department for 32 years.
Survivors
He was a widower who was survived by his son and daughter.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Also Served
Watertown Police Department
Sergeant
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