AUGUST HAMPE

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 59-W: 31
Department: New Braunfels, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: January 27, 1883
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 5
Description: City Marshal Hampe was shot as he attempted to arrest an impaired suspect who was causing a public disturbance. Marshal Hampe died of his injuries the next day. His assailant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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