EDWARD N DAWES

EDWARD N DAWES Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 3-W: 27
Department: Uinta County, Wyoming, S.O.
End of Watch: July 30, 1895
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Dawes was shot as he and a posse attempted to apprehend two armed suspects who were barricaded in a cabin. Deputy Dawes was shot in the chest and died at the scene. Echo City Marshal Thomas Stagg was also killed in the battle. The suspects escaped but were later arrested.
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