WILLIAM A BERGIN
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 22
Department: Blossburg, New Mexico, Coal Mining Camp
End of Watch: June 27, 1882
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 6
Description: Deputy Sheriff Bergin was killed while protecting a prisoner from a lynch mob. Deputy Bergin was shot by a mob who wanted to hang suspect for murdering local citizens. The mob shot Deputy Bergin and hung the prisoner.
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