ERNEST E BUCKLEY
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Officer Rank: Town Marshal
Memorial Panel: 9-W: 17
Department: Selah, Washington, P.D.
End of Watch: March 1, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 9
Description: Marshal Buckley was shot and killed while investigating suspicious activity near a local bank while on his nightly patrol. He heard sounds coming from a drainage ditch near the bank and called out to whoever was there. The suspects opened fire, striking Marshal Buckley three times, and fled. Marshal Buckley was taken to a local hospital where he died the next morning. Evidence found in the drainage ditch suggested the suspects were planning a robbery of the bank. The suspects were never apprehended.
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