CHARLES E SMITH

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 21-W: 26
Department: Strafford County, New Hampshire, S.O.
End of Watch: May 23, 1891
Cause: SHOT
Age: 47
Years of Service: 6
Description: Deputy Smith was shot as he and a posse of lawmen attempted to arrest a horse thief. Deputy Smith was shot in the pelvis and died of gangrene infection 17 days later. The suspect was arrested but escaped from the prison several days later and was never apprehended.
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