LEWIS MERRITT
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Officer Rank: Spec. Deputy Marshal
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 11
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: September 27, 1883
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Special Deputy Marshal Beck and Special Marshal Lewis Merritt were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect for whiskey violations. The marshals found the man in a corn field in Muskogee County, Indian Territory (current-day Oklahoma) and as the men attempted to arrest the suspect and other violators a gun-battle began. Special Marshal Lewis and his fellow marshal were fatally wounded.
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