JAMES W LATHROP
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Officer Rank: Posseman
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 27
Department: Houston County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: January 9, 1884
Cause: SHOT
Age: 24
Years of Service: 1
Description: Posseman Lathrop was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest a desperado who had barricaded himself inside a house. The suspect fled the scene, but was captured and jailed in Leon County. He was subsequently lynched by an angry mob.
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