GEORGE WASHINGTON BATTON
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 32-W: 4
Department: Eddy County, New Mexico, S.D.
End of Watch: June 3, 1922
Cause: SHOT
Age: 65
Years of Service: 5
Description: Sheriff Batton was shot and killed as he searched a residence for a prison escapee. Deputy Sheriff Stone Wilburn was wounded and the escapee was also killed in the shootout.
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