LAFAYETTE HAMPTON

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Officer Rank: Village Marshal
Memorial Panel: 42-W: 25
Department: Shelley, Idaho, P.D.
End of Watch: November 17, 1914
Cause: SHOT
Age: 28
Years of Service: 17
Description: Marshal Hampton was attempting to arrest a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store. Marshal Hampton pursued the suspect, who had fled on horseback. When Marshal Hampton failed to return, a posse went in search of him. Marshal Hampton's body was found on the outskirts of town with a bullet through the left eye.
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