JESSE OFFUT

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 57-E: 27
Department: Franklin, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: August 19, 1884
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: City Marshal Offut was shot as he accompanied a prisoner to secure a bondsman. The prisoner, who had just been arrested by Marshal Offut for public intoxication, drew a revolver and shot Marshal Offut three times in the back. Marshal Offut died at the scene. The prisoner was arrested for murder.
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