CHARLES CECIL
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 47-E: 28
Department: Bell County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: February 17, 1902
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Cecil and Posseman John Doyle were shot as their posse attempted to arrest several suspects for the theft of some mules. The mules had been levied to pay a debt and the owner of the mules conducted an illegal raid and retrieved them. Deputy Cecil was ambushed and shot as he approached the encampment and died at the scene. Posseman Doyle was fatally shot as he attempted to assist Deputy Cecil.
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