SAMUEL COBB
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 62-W: 31
Department: Cameron County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: April 5, 1898
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Cobb responded to a disturbance call at the voting booth on election day when he was ambushed and shot by a known desperado. Constable Felipe Cobb, brother of Deputy Cobb, responded to the gunfire and was shot twice and died at the scene. Deputy Cobb was shot a second time by the brother of the desperado and died a few hours later. The desperado was killed by an angry mob. The second suspect escaped.
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