THOMAS WHITEHEAD

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Officer Rank: Deputy Marshal
Memorial Panel: 36-W: 2
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: December 8, 1891
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Special Deputy Marshal Poorboy and Deputy Marshal Whitehead were shot and killed by a posse of outlaws after being led into a swamp by a guide. The guide told the marshals that he would escort them to a whiskey peddler's camp, but instead led Marshal Poorboy and Marshal Whitehead into an ambush.
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