AUGUSTUS T WRIGHT
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Officer Rank: Keeper
Memorial Panel: 27-E: 24
Department: NYS Department of Correctional Services
End of Watch: July 11, 1861
Cause: BEAT
Age: 35
Years of Service:
Description: Keeper Wright, of the Clinton Correctional Facility, was killed instantly when he was struck on the head by an inmate wielding an iron bar. The inmate stole Keeper Wright's revolver and gold watch and escaped along with six other inmates.
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