JOSEPH LAMPKIN
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Officer Rank: Night Watchman
Memorial Panel: 13-W: 28
Department: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, P.D.
End of Watch: December 8, 1891
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Night Watchman Lampkin was shot and killed while attempting to subdue a mentally deranged passenger at the train depot in La Junta, Colorado. The passenger thought a mob was chasing him and fled, threatening railroad employees with a revolver. As Watchman Lampkin searched for the suspect between the coal cars, the suspect fatally shot him. The suspect then committed suicide.
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