Officer Rank: Deputy U.S. Marshal
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: 05/22/1874
Cause: gunfire
Age: 24
On May 22, 1874, Deputy U.S. Marshal Hildreth was shot, in an exchange of gunfire, as he attempted to serve a warrant to a KKK suspect for arson in Coffee County, Tennessee. The suspect fled and was not apprehended. Deputy Hildreth died of his injuries three days later on May 25th.
