WILLIAM WATTS
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Officer Rank: Village Marshal
Memorial Panel: 62-W: 25
Department: Tamaroa, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: August 4, 1881
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Marshal Watts was stabbed in the chest by an intoxicated suspect he was attempting to arrest for disturbing the peace. Despite being mortally wounded, Marshal Watts shot the suspect in the leg. Marshal Watts died at the scene. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed by hanging.
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