W T BENTZ
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Officer Rank: Deputy Marshal
Memorial Panel: 61-W: 12
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: February 22, 1872
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Deputy Marshal Bentz was shot and killed by a Cherokee deputy sheriff after arresting several men for assaulting federal officers in the Going Snake District of Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). Deputy Marshal Bentz was standing outside the Flint Courthouse when a Cherokee deputy shot him. Another man exited the courthouse and shot Marshal Bentz in the chest as he lay on the ground.
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