WILL S PURPLE
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 53-E: 17
Department: Emmet County, Michigan, S.D.
End of Watch: September 5, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: 8
Description: Sheriff Purple was ambushed and shot when he went to a residence to serve a writ of attachment regarding an automobile. Sheriff Purple returned fire and fatally wounded the suspect and died at the scene. The suspect died two weeks later.
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