National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Officer Rank: Deputy Marshal

Memorial Panel: 13-E: 2

Department: U.S. Marshals Service

End of Watch: December 10, 1877

Cause: SHOT

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Description: Deputy Marshal Ellis was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect in Casey County, New York. Marshal Ellis and a friend spotted a horse tied to a tree branch along side the road and went to investigate. Marshal Ellis spotted a man and asked him to identify himself. The man was actually a suspect wanted for illegal distilling and Marshal Ellis told him to surrender. Marshal Ellis was shot in the abdomen and the offender was fatally wounded. Marshal Ellis was taken to a physician four miles away and died of his injuries. The suspect was found frozen to death the following Monday.