JOHN HENRY BRENDEL

Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 44-E: 22
Department: Knob Noster, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: October 29, 1903
Cause: BEAT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 5
Description: Marshal Brendel was attempting to break up a crowd of suspects that were drinking in a public alley. He had responded to the scene several times that day but the crowd reassembled each time he left. Marshal Brendel returned for the third time and ordered the crowd to leave the area. He was struck on the back of his head with a large piece of wood. Marshal Brendel was in a coma for five days before succumbing to his injuries.
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