A L SMITHERS
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 25-E: 28
Department: Luna County, New Mexico, S.O.
End of Watch: November 17, 1911
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriffs Smithers and Thomas Hall were shot as they attempted to capture a prisoner who had escaped from the county jail. Deputies Smithers and Hall were fatally shot as they approached the barricaded residence where the prisoner was hiding. The prisoner was convicted of murder and hung from the gallows.
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