RICHARD M CLOY

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 28
Department: McComb, Mississippi, P.D.
End of Watch: July 8, 1891
Cause: SHOT
Age: 37
Years of Service: 7
Description: City Marshal Cloy was shot when he went to a hotel to collect a privilege license fee. The owner of the hotel was argumentative, retrieved a rifle and shot Marshal Cloy in the back. Marshal Cloy died of his injuries several hours later. His assailant was convicted of murder and was hung from the gallows.
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