L P DIXON

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Officer Rank: Spec. Deputy Marshal
Memorial Panel: 36-W: 12
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: July 19, 1907
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Special Deputy Marshal Dixon was shot and killed while attempting to arrest robbery suspects in Saskawa, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The suspects had robbed a post office and killed Deputy Marshal Dixon a few nights before. Special Marshal Dixon and a few possemen went to the house were the suspects were staying. As Special Marshal Dixon approached the building he was shot down by a rifle but managed to shoot and kill a suspect before he died.
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