MILLER HURST
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Officer Rank: Deputy Marshal
Memorial Panel: 11-E: 3
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: October 11, 1885
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Marshal Hurst was shot and killed in Fentriss County, Tennessee while he and another deputy were transporting a prisoner. The marshals had arrested the man for illegally distilling alcohol and were returning him to Nashville when they were ambushed near Jamestown. Marshal Hurst was hit by shotgun blasts and killed. The other marshal retreated and was not injured. The prisoner they were transporting was freed by the suspects and all parties fled the scene.
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