RC
Robert Coulter
1902
Robert W. Coulter.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
City Marshal Robert Coulter was shot and mortally wounded by a man he attempted to arrest on a warrant for disturbing the peace.
After the suspect shot Marshal Coulter twice in the stomach, he ran up the street and shot and killed the local justice of the peace. A mob of angry citizens shot and killed the suspect. Marshal Coulter died two days later.
City Marshal Coulter was a Union Civil War Veteran who was a corporal in the 30th Iowa Infantry, Company D.
After the suspect shot Marshal Coulter twice in the stomach, he ran up the street and shot and killed the local justice of the peace. A mob of angry citizens shot and killed the suspect. Marshal Coulter died two days later.
City Marshal Coulter was a Union Civil War Veteran who was a corporal in the 30th Iowa Infantry, Company D.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
Service Record
Also Served
Farmington Marshal's Office
City Marshal
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